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Resources for Educators and Students Adaptations and Climate Change Expand How Whales Change the Climate:  Video from Sustainable Human showing whales’ role in the ecosystem and climate. Port Townsend Marine Science Center- Orca Bone Atlas: This is a great resource that shows an Orca skeleton and allows you to see 3-D views of various parts of the…

Each spring river herring come from the ocean and swim, or “run” up rivers to spawn in ponds and slow sections of rivers. Each fall, Massachusetts river herring wardens gather together to talk about their favorite fish and discuss ways to preserve it. For hundreds of years, people used to gather herring at their local…

Helping Communities Lower the Cost of Flood Insurance March 2018 — Three years ago, Woods Hole Sea Grant and its outreach partner the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension developed a first-of-its-kind program for coordinating regional flood insurance and promoting flood resilience in coastal communities. That program is now serving as a model for others across the…

Hurricanes Though it has been 30 years since the last major hurricane struck the Massachusetts coast, hurricanes can be devastating and they can happen here! Be smart and prepare yourself, your family and your home to minimize losses from a hurricane. https://seagrant.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Hurricanes_in_New_England.mp4 Preparing for a Hurricane in New England *From Homeowner’s Handbook to Prepare for…

RAPID RESPONSE: Assisting Shellfish Growers Impacted by COVID-19 Making In-roads Toward a Shucked Oyster Market in Massachusetts Overview With the arrival of COVID-19 and the social distancing measures to mitigate its spread including the closure of restaurants, sales of oysters have plummeted. With little access to their traditional markets, shellfish aquaculture businesses and the related…

Research Funding Sea Grant provides a variety of funding opportunities based on its work in four focus areas: Healthy Coastal Ecosystems, Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies, and Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development. National Sea Grant funding opportunities also include National Strategic Investments, for example in aquaculture, and other special projects. Research…

Technology Enables Better HAB Monitoring and Mapping The project’s sampling plan for the Nauset area of Cape Cod. Sept. 2018 — Nauset Marsh in Eastham, Mass. on Cape Cod serves as a “natural laboratory” for researchers working to better understand harmful algal blooms (HABs) or red tide. HABs in Nauset are caused by the phytoplankton…