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What coastal and marine issues are most pressing to you? The WHOI Sea Grant Research Program wants to know! As part of our mission to enhance the practical use and conservation of coastal and marine resources, WHOI Sea Grant funds research to develop the science-based knowledge needed for a sustainable economy and environment in Massachusetts.…
On a perfect mid-August afternoon, Todd Gelinas and Adrian Wallace motor their work skiff back to a small beach at the end of Tonset Road in Orleans. Newly-minted business partners, they are returning from tending oysters at Stony Island Farm …
MIT Sea Grant and WHOI Sea Grant jointly announce two new Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellows In 2021, MIT Sea Grant and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Sea Grant announced a new fellowship program to support Massachusetts graduate students engaging in coastal and marine research. MIT Sea Grant and WHOI Sea Grant are welcoming…
WHOI Sea Grant Education Specialist Grace Simpkins has had a busy year. When the National Marine Educators Association decided to hold its annual meeting in Boston in 2024, Grace and her colleagues on the board of the Massachusetts chapter sprang into action, planning the week-long meeting that brings together teachers and informal educators from across…
This spring, WHOI Sea Grant’s Floodplain manager Shannon Hulst was a featured panelist in WHOI’s Ocean Encounters series. The live Zoom conversation called “Rising Seas, Resilient Coasts,” which reached an audience of 2000 viewers, also included Chris Piecuch, a WHOI sea level scientist and Hannah Wagner, the resilience manager for the City of Boston in…
Questions swirled in my head: “Am I qualified enough? Will my application stand out? What if I don’t get accepted?” As I sat down to revise my O-STEAM application for the last time, a wave of anxiety washed over me.
A graduate of UMass Amherst, Jori Barley is a 2024 Knauss Fellow in the NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR). One of NOAA Sea Grant’s most high-profile fellowship, the John A. Knauss Fellowship provides a one-year, paid experience for highly-qualified early career professionals to work on issues related to coastal, marine and Great…
July 31, 2024 – Cape Cod and boating go hand in hand in the summer. In the off-season, many of those boats are covered in plastic shrink wrap to protect them from the elements, and when they are unwrapped in the springtime, the plastic is frequently tossed into the trash. For the past six years,…
This spring, WHOI Sea Grant kicked off a new “Conversation Series” to showcase the work done through our funded research program. Organized by Research Coordinator Jennie Rheuban and Communications Specialist Poonam Narotam, the informal presentations engage audiences in topical discussions and launched in May at local Falmouth micro-brew, Aquatic Brewing, with UMass Amherst scientists Adrian…
Cape Cod Coastal Resilience Week Raises Awareness of Coastal Vulnerabilities and Promotes Solutions – while having a bit of fun at the same time Eight days of events across Cape Cod Download event flyer Cape Codders have experienced their fair share of extreme weather in recent years, with stronger storms and larger storm surge reshaping…