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Meet the Intern: My journey into the world of lobster

By Stephanie Murphy | May 21, 2025 | Comments Off on Meet the Intern: My journey into the world of lobster

By Kiran Johnson I am allergic to lobster. I grew up in Chicago, and deep dish pizza is our pride and joy, not lobster rolls. When I moved to Boston to study journalism and environmental science at Northeastern University, my college-student budget prioritized coffee over seafood dining experiences. And so it was fitting, then, that…

Knauss Fellow Profile: Katie Sperry

By Stephanie Murphy | May 21, 2025 | Comments Off on Knauss Fellow Profile: Katie Sperry

Hometown: Northampton, Massachusetts Area of research focus/interest: Restoration ecology of coastal habitats What are you doing during your Knauss Fellowship? I’m placed in NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Habitat Conservation’s Restoration Center (RC) for my Knauss Fellowship. Here, I get to see how ecosystem restoration is coordinated and funded at a federal level. Critically, the RC’s…

Curiosity Unleashed: Falmouth seventh graders come to Woods Hole

By Stephanie Murphy | May 12, 2025 | Comments Off on Curiosity Unleashed: Falmouth seventh graders come to Woods Hole

Seventh Grade Day in the Village is an ambitious undertaking for WHOI Sea Grant educator Grace Simpkins and her counterpart at NOAA Fisheries. Every year they bring approximately 250 twelve- and thirteen-year-olds from Falmouth’s Lawrence Middle school to Woods Hole to experience the “science behind a sustainable ocean.”  This year, the students’ excitement was electrifying…

Recycle Your Boat Wrap the Easy Way on Cape Cod 

By Stephanie Murphy | March 28, 2025 | Comments Off on Recycle Your Boat Wrap the Easy Way on Cape Cod 

From April 1 to July 31, 2025, Cape Cod boaters and marinas can recycle shrink wrap hassle-free-thanks to Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and WHOI Sea Grant.     March 28, 2025  – April 1 marks opening day for boat shrink wrap recycling across Cape Cod. This year, the popular Cape-wide program will extend its collection season…

Training: Intro to Floodplain Management – March 20, 2025

By Stephanie Murphy | January 15, 2025 | Comments Off on Training: Intro to Floodplain Management – March 20, 2025

For professionals interested in learning more about floodplain management! WHOI Sea Grant, the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, and the Waquoit Bay Reserve Coastal Training Program hosted a one-day introductory (or refresher) course on March 20, 2025 for professionals in the private sector or municipal departments such as Building, Conservation, Natural Resources, Planning, and others, to…

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

By Stephanie Murphy | December 5, 2024 | Comments Off on 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…

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

By Stephanie Murphy | December 4, 2024 | Comments Off on 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,…

Proposed Wastewater Release into Cape Cod Bay Likely to Remain in Bay for at Least One Month, Study Finds

By Stephanie Murphy | December 4, 2024 | Comments Off on Proposed Wastewater Release into Cape Cod Bay Likely to Remain in Bay for at Least One Month, Study Finds

Woods Hole, Mass. (Dec. 4, 2024) — Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) investigating the pathways of the proposed wastewater discharge from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (PNPS) find it has a high probability of remaining in Cape Cod Bay for at least one month after release. Their findings are based on a…

Preserving Our Homelands Camp Comes to WHOI

By Stephanie Murphy | November 17, 2024 | Comments Off on Preserving Our Homelands Camp Comes to WHOI

Most science educators will tell you, if you want to get kids excited about science, you have to actually do science. Last summer WHOI Sea Grant had the opportunity to participate in the annual “Preserving Our Homelands” (POH) camp, an interactive summer science camp for Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal middle schoolers. Through activities and outings, including visits…

Coastal Resilience Takes Center Stage at Islands Conference

By Stephanie Murphy | October 18, 2024 | Comments Off on Coastal Resilience Takes Center Stage at Islands Conference

The Islands Conference on Martha’s Vineyard Deanna Moran, the chief coastal resilience officer, for the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, was the keynote speaker this fall at the resilience-themed Islands Conference. Held on October 1 on Martha’s Vineyard, the daylong event featured several panel discussions focused on issues such as resilience planning and storm…