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Training: Intro to Floodplain Management – March 20, 2025

Calling all professionals interested in learning more about floodplain management! WHOI Sea Grant, the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, and the Waquoit Bay Reserve Coastal Training Program will host a one-day introductory (or refresher) course for professionals in the private sector or municipal departments such as Building, Conservation, Natural Resources, Planning, and others, to apply floodplain…

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FAQ: Transport of Radioactive Contaminants in and around Cape Cod Bay

Findings of a WHOI Sea Grant-funded study by WHOI scientists into the circulation patterns around Cape Cod Bay were published Dec. 4, 2024 in the Journal of Physical Oceanography. The paper, “Model-based study of near-surface transport in and around Cape Cod Bay, its seasonal variability and response to wind” by Margaret Gregory, Irina I. Rypina,…

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WHOI Sea Grant Director Helps Bridge the Mass. Blue Economy to Cabo Verde

WHOI Sea Grant Director Matt Charette during the State Department trip to Cabo Verde. This October, WHOI Sr. Scientist Matt Charette was among more than a dozen scientists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, NGOs, and academics to participate in a recent U.S. State Department a Partnership Opportunity Delegation  visit to Cabo Verde. The visit sought to create…

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WHOI Sea Grant Project Scoops Up Research to Application Award

Every two years, the Sea Grant Association announces its Research to Application Award, which honors a research project or body of research funded or implemented by one of the 34 programs in the Sea Grant network. The award recognizes work that increases citizen’s understanding and responsible use of the nation’s ocean, coastal or Great Lakes…

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2025 Knauss Fellowship Finalists

WHOI Sea Grant is proud to sponsor three successful Knauss Fellowship finalists.  The finalists will begin their fellowship placements in 2025.   James Elekwachi James Elekwachi is a student in the School for the Environment at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, working with Professor Georgia Mavrommati and Professor Michael Tlusty. His research focuses on consumer…

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News release: Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference Focuses on Resilience

For immediate release Contact: Shelly McComb, shelly.mccomb@whoi.edu Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference Scheduled for Oct. 1; Will Focus on Resilience [Sept. 19, 2024] — Martha’s Vineyard is on the frontline of coastal change, seeing ever accelerating changes island-wide. In the coming decades, sea level rise will impact roads, buildings and property as well as the island’s…

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State of Wellfleet Harbor Conference

Saturday, November 2, 2024 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater 2357 State Highway Route 6 Pre-register Download the conference flyer (PDF) The annual “State of Wellfleet Harbor” conference will be held on November 2 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. The purpose of the conference is…

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Southeastern Massachusetts Coastal Outreach (SEMCO)

CLICK HERE to subscribe to the SEMCO listserv ABOUT SEMCO The Southeastern Massachusetts Coastal Outreach listserv is an electronic means of enhancing the communication of coastal outreach organizations in southeastern Massachusetts. Moderated and maintained by WHOI Sea Grant, the SEMCO listserv welcomes notices of public events, opportunities, and general news. The listserv is not to…

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Building Resilience on Cape Cod

In June, WHOI Sea Grant’s Coastal and Communications teams organized and/or sponsored a dozen events under the banner of Cape Cod Coastal Resilience Week 2024. With the aim of educating the public about the risks caused by storms and a changing climate, the teams sought to improve our resilience as individuals, communities…

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