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A citizen science effort in Sandwich is getting an extra boost from WHOI researchers and a statewide portal for collecting photos of coastal flooding, coastal storm impacts, and shoreline adaptation. Installed by WHOI Sea Grant in partnership with the Town of Sandwich in 2020, the CoastSnap cradles at …
The Massachusetts aquaculture industry is in search of staff who are reliable and willing to learn. Aquaculture Internships for Massachusetts (AIM), a collaborative partnership MIT Sea Grant, WHOI Sea Grant, and Barnstable County Cooperative Extension, pays individuals to learn about aquaculture. No prior experience is needed. Spend much of the year in an internship trying…
In the summers of 2019 and 2020, lobstermen working in Cape Cod Bay hauled up their lobster traps to find most of them dead. What caused these unprecedented deaths? With funding from Sea Grant, WHOI Associate Scientist Malcolm Scully and his team developed a model using numerous datasets to unravel this mystery. The culprit, they…
This fall, WHOI Sea Grant wished a fond farewell to long-time Coastal Processes Specialist Greg Berman. Team members Shannon Hulst and Shelly McComb tried to keep things light, dressing like Greg at his send-off.
WHOI Sea Grant educator Grace Simpkins and Marine Extension team member Abigail Archer, holding a model of a floating oyster cage, which, she says, is “a much easier way of showing people what oyster growing gear looks like than lugging around the real thing!”
Kalina earned her PhD from the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, where she investigated the role of reactive oxygen species in coastal ecosystem health such as coral reefs and seagrasses. In this Q&A, Kalina shares about her experience as a Knauss Fellow.
How has the American lobster industry fared in the face of ecosystem changes in the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and southern New England? This fall, WHOI Sea Grant released the final installment in a series of interactive StoryMaps highlighting research projects funded by the Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative (ALI), to explore questions around…
The transition to sustainable serviceware can be complicated for businesses. This month, WHOI Sea Grant communicator Stephanie Murphy spoke about these challenges at the 5th Annual Take Care Cape Cod summit. This year’s meeting was called “The Rising Tide of Plastic Pollution: Sustainable Business Solutions.”
WHOI Sea Grant educator Grace Simpkins shows members of the River Herring Network a river herring life cycle educational activity she uses in the classroom. The meeting attracted representatives from 18 different towns, one tribe, and 13 different watershed organizations and environmental non profits.
WHOI Sea Grant is proud to sponsor two successful Knauss Fellowship finalists. The finalists will begin their fellowship placements in 2024. Jordanna Barley Barley is a student in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology program at UMass Amherst, working with Dr. Brian Cheng and Dr. Renae Brodie. Her dissertation focuses on climate change effects on marine…