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Webinar: Using Community Science for Decision Making

By Stephanie Murphy | October 27, 2021 | Comments Off on Webinar: Using Community Science for Decision Making

On Nov. 17, from 3-4pm (ET), join us for three case studies of community monitoring programs are providing data to local and state decision makers. There will be time for Q&A. Speakers: Kristen Grant, Maine Sea Grant & UMaine Cooperative Extension Shelley Whitmeyer, James Madison University Ian Conery, US Army Corps of Engineers When: November…

Funding Opportunity: Supporting Seafood-related Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

By Stephanie Murphy | October 6, 2021 | Comments Off on Funding Opportunity: Supporting Seafood-related Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

Woods Hole Sea Grant Joins with Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries on Seafood Marketing Grant Program. Do you have an idea that will support the commercial seafood and fishing industries and communities? This year, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) Seafood Marketing Grant Program is partially funded by Woods Hole Sea Grant (WHSG), enabling…

Coastal Flooding Webinar: Using Community Science for Decision Making

By Stephanie Murphy | October 6, 2021 | Comments Off on Coastal Flooding Webinar: Using Community Science for Decision Making

How do decision makers use data from citizen science projects to chart a path forward? Join us on to hear three case studies of how community monitoring programs are providing shoreline flooding data to local and state decision makers. SPEAKERS: Bob Rulli, Planning Director, Warren, RI Rebecca Fischman, NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency Julia…

Hurricane Observations: On the ground and in the eye

By Stephanie Murphy | September 28, 2021 | Comments Off on Hurricane Observations: On the ground and in the eye

Sean Waugh, NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, OK Hurricanes impact people all over the world, and not just along the coastlines! The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory takes you inside the research behind a landfalling hurricane to better understand these complex storms and all of the hazards it causes. NOAA NSSL’s mission is…

Funding Opportunity: Community-Focused Ocean Renewable Energy Research

By Stephanie Murphy | August 29, 2021 | Comments Off on Funding Opportunity: Community-Focused Ocean Renewable Energy Research
[March 2021] The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office and Water Power Technologies Office, and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, announces a research funding opportunity to improve understanding of offshore renewable energy interactions with fishing and coastal communities to optimize ocean co-use. This unique funding…

Stories in the Stone: Archaeology in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument 

By Stephanie Murphy | May 26, 2021 | Comments Off on Stories in the Stone: Archaeology in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument 

Malia Evans, NOAA’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hilo, Hawai’i »  Native Hawaiian Cultural Heritage in the Monument »  Learn about the special name given to this unique place – You can even listen to an audio file of the pronunciation and practice at home. »  Read about Maliaʻs journey to Papahānaumokuākea in July 2019…

North to the Future: Alaskan sharks in a changing ocean

By Stephanie Murphy | May 25, 2021 | Comments Off on North to the Future: Alaskan sharks in a changing ocean

Cindy Tribuzio, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Juneau, AK, and Sabrina Garcia, Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Anchorage, AK Scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center conduct research and assess the stocks of many species of sharks in Alaskan waters. Join us for a discussion of the different sharks found in…

Free Recycling Program for Boat Shrink Wrap to Begin

By Stephanie Murphy | March 9, 2021 | Comments Off on Free Recycling Program for Boat Shrink Wrap to Begin

March 10, 2021 – Boats on trailers wrapped in plastic is a common sight on Cape Cod in the off-season. But what happens to all that shrink wrapped plastic when it comes off the boats in the spring? Too often it ends up in the landfill. To reduce the amount of plastic waste entering our…

Flying High with NWS

By Stephanie Murphy | October 7, 2020 | Comments Off on Flying High with NWS

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 Up, Up, and Away – Flying High with NWS Weather Balloons with Jeff Orrock, NOAA’s National Weather Service in Wakefield, VA »  National Weather Service Kids Corner:  Weather balloons page including a video of a weather balloon launch. »  National Weather Service Education Page: Weather science, games, weather safety, and careers…

Carbon’s Journey and Our Warming Planet

By Stephanie Murphy | September 30, 2020 | Comments Off on Carbon’s Journey and Our Warming Planet

Frank Niepold and Tom Di Liberto, NOAA’s Climate Program Office in Silver Spring, MD The carbon cycle is a process where carbon dioxide travels from the atmosphere into living organisms and the Earth, then back into the atmosphere. Learn how changes in carbon dioxide levels, such as burning fossil fuels (oil, gas, etc.), affect the…