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Rachael is no stranger to the Massachusetts coastline. Originally from Gloucester, she received a Master’s degree in Urban Planning and Community Development through the School for the Environment at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Rachael has a background in outreach and community engagement, through prior work with Black Earth Compost and as a research assistant…
The National Sea Grant Office has selected 49 finalists from 26 Sea Grant programs across 26 states for the 2026 Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. WHOI Sea Grant has three finalists among this year’s cohort: Shari Rohret, Nicole Vandale, and Nadège Aoki. Sea Grant’s Knauss Fellowship places early-career professionals in legislative and executive…
Add your name to our list of supporters! Last year, the Massachusetts Sea Grant programs invited residents to add their names to a sign-on letter urging Congress to maintain strong support for Sea Grant. To date, over 600 constituents-from shellfish growers in Wellfleet to science teachers in Worcester-have already answered the call. Their message is…
We are officially done tracking all of the drifters from our first release back in October! The remaining two drifters (Drifter #1 made by Athvika and Drifter #4 made by Maddie) continued their paths out into the Atlantic up until December 1st when, due to the limited GPS tracking time paid for each drifter, we…
Ever wonder where your shampoo goes after it swirls down the drain? Spoiler alert: if you live on Cape Cod, the answer could be your backyard-and your favorite swimming spot. One-third of all homes in Massachusetts rely on septic systems rather than sewers to dispose of wastewater, and on Cape Cod that number is much…
This October, four ocean drifters made by O-STEAM fellows were launched into Cape Cod Bay. The GPS transmitters on the drifters are tracking their paths in and around the Bay. As a part of this summer’s O-STEAM fellowship program, Margaret Gregory, a fifth year PhD candidate in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, spent a day with…
“In my opinion, the beach is a living breathing thing. It changes every day, with every wave. When the wind blows, the beach changes.” That’s what WHOI Sea Grant coastal processes specialist Bryan McCormack told the more than 185 people who filled the auditorium for the 2025 State of Wellfleet Harbor Conference on November 1.…
WHOI Sea Grant recently caught up with 2025 Knauss Fellow Lina Taenzer for a short interview. Dive into the Q&A to hear about her life in D.C. and her experiences at NOAA’s Global Ocean Monitoring and Observation office.
For WHOI Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension’s marine team, it started with a text message back in the spring of 2023: “Any idea what this strange clam is?” And from there a story has begun to unfold. Spotted by commercial harvesters in Chatham and Wellfleet, Manila Clams (Ruditapes philippinarum) had not been documented in New…
In October, WHOI Sea Grant bid farewell to our research coordinator Jennie Rheuban. Jennie joined Sea Grant in 2019 as the program’s first research coordinator, where she helped shape the program’s research agenda, administered our biennial call for proposals, and worked closely with scientists to bring their work to those that will benefit from it.…