Source: Jack Igelman, CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS, 7/20/22

Editor’s note: This article is part 3 of the 5-part award-winning series Changing Tides, originally posted Sept. 15, 2021. The series is being reposted in July 2022. The series was made possible in part through support from the Pulitzer Center.

A warming climate leads to greater weather extremes and impacts the distribution of marine life in North Carolina’s coastal waters, scientists say. The changes occurring challenge the state’s fishing industry and other secondary industries that rely on the catch. But the effects trickle down and place a burden on the state’s most economically vulnerable coastal residents dependent on access to seafood to provide income and help feed their families.

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