Posts by Stephanie Murphy
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Read MoreWhere Have All the Flounder Gone: Scientists use e-DNA to investigate
Resource managers have taken a range of conservation measures to improve the southern New England’s winter flounder population, including reduced catch limits and restrictions on dredging in their spawning habitat. Despite these steps, winter flounder stocks remain low. Scientists from the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (MA DMF) want to know why. Eelgrass habitats serve…
Read MoreBuilt Like a Tank, Lost to the Tide: How one Wellfleet house became a cautionary tale for coastal communities
In 2010, owners of a property on Chequessett Neck Road in Wellfleet were permitted to remove their home and replace it with a 5800 square foot home in the grand Cape Cod style: five bedrooms, five bathrooms, two stone chimneys, a turreted sunroom, and an expansive porch. Sitting on a bluff 20-feet above the beach…
Read MoreFrom Facebook Feed to Shellfish Farm: An intern’s journey
On a rainy December morning, I sat inside a small trailer in a gravel lot in Fairhaven. The trailer belongs to Dale Leavitt, whose oyster farm extends for 47 acres just off shore of the lot. We are on a little spit of an island between Fairhaven proper and a road that extends onto West Island, more than half of which is a state reserve …
Read MoreUtah Unây: Pooling traditional knowledge and modern robotics
How might we supplement the observations Indigenous communities have been making of the environment over generations with robotic tools? What value might sensor systems, which can sample frequently and at very fine scales, contribute to this rich historical record of our changing climate? These questions and more were the focus of a weekend workshop for…
Read MoreCurrents of Curiosity: Students dive into ocean science on Cape Cod
Middle schoolers soak up information like sponges. Introducing them to different subjects and activities feeds their curiosity, helps them discover their interests, and can influence their future career choices. That’s one reason a WHOI Sea Grant-funded research team spent a day in Chatham …
Read MoreKnauss Fellow Profile: James Elekwachi
WHOI Sea Grant recently caught up with 2025 Knauss Fellow James Elekwachi for a short interview. Dive into the Q&A to hear about his life in D.C. and his experience at BOEM.
Read MoreNantucket Hosts Islands Coastal Conference
Did you know that coastal hazards pose risks to three million people in Massachusetts alone, and that the recovery could cost the state $1 billion by the 2050s-2070s? Mass. Office of Coastal Zone Management Director Alison Brizius shared these facts during her keynote at the 2025 Nantucket Coastal …
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