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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…
We’re happy to report our 2023 Boat Shrink Wrap Recycling program was the best yet — collecting an amazing 22 tons. Transfer stations in Bourne, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Falmouth, and Wellfleet generously served as drop off locations. Thanks to their staffs for monitoring the wrap to be sure boaters properly cleaned and prepared it for…
Can you visualize sea level rise? Don’t worry, you’re not alone! That’s why WHOI Sea Grant staffers Shannon Hulst and Grace Simpkins worked with high school art and science students on a visualization project. The students painted waves on five pilings in Millway Marina in Barnstable Harbor to designate future high tide levels.
WHOI Sea Grant’s Leslie Jonas and Grace Simpkins were instrumental in bringing the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s Preserving Our Homelands camp to WHOI as part of an ongoing effort to develop knowledge exchange with the Tribe. Among other attractions, the campers learned about 3D printing & tested an underwater robot at WHOI’s AVAST lab. What a…
The WHOI Sea Grant marine extension team has been teaching a class on the fundamentals of shellfish farming for over 20 years. During COVID, our education specialist Grace Simpkins helped update the curriculum and transition the program to the virtual world. In July, Grace Simpkins gave educators at the National Marine Educators conference the inside…
This spring a small group of middle school students from Mashpee gathered in their school’s Indian Education room at lunchtime to meet with a group of educators from UMass Boston. The educators, who included Asa Peters, a graduate of UMass and a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, were recruiting students from the Mashpee Wampanoag…