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Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference 2022

Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference October 24, 2022 Martha’s Vineyard Film Center 79 Beach Rd, Vineyard Haven, Mass. ___________________________________ Keynote Address Three Things Everyone Should Know About Climate Change Heather Goldstone, Woodwell Climate Research Center Flooding: Pathways, Planning & Action Mapping Storm Tide Pathways in the Six Towns of Martha’s Vineyard: Assessing Coastal Resiliency to Storms…

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Coastal Impacts Newsletter – Aug 2022

  Coastal Impacts Woods Hole Sea Grant Newsletter August 2022 Education: Girls in Science Is Underway!  Research: High School Student Helps Develop “TideRider” VIrtual Buoy Extension: Teaching the Teachers About Sea-level Rise, Storms, and Flooding Meet Our Summer Interns Knauss Fellow Profile Graduate Research Fellows Focus on Microplastics and Seabirds Woods Hole Sea Grant Sponsors…

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High School Student Helps Develop TideRider “Virtual Buoy”

Over the past four years, Mike Jakuba, a senior engineer at WHOI, has worked with Brookline High School student Patrick McGuire to build the next generation coastal profiling platform, an inexpensive “virtual buoy” and a platform for other sensors. The project was funded through Woods Hole Sea Grant’s Program Development Fund and has since received…

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Teaching the teachers about Sea-level Rise, Storms and Flooding

Woods Hole Sea Grant extension agents Greg Berman and Shannon Hulst teamed up with Education Specialist Grace Simpkins to share their knowledge and expertise with a group of educators at a day-long workshop in July. Looking at sea level data from the past and models of future conditions, Greg addressed how sea-level rise and storm…

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Meet Our Summer Interns

Carolyn King is a senior at Bridgewater State University, who is studying psychology and is a participant in the Sea Grant Community Engaged Internship program. A first generation Cape Verdean-American, Carolyn has been busy researching connections between Cape Verdean and Cape Cod maritime culture this summer for a multi-media exhibit. Her work highlights Cape Verdean…

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Coastal Impacts Newsletter – May 2022

  Coastal Impacts Woods Hole Sea Grant Newsletter May 2022 From the Director Education: We’re Back in the Classroom! Research: Maximizing Surf Clam Aquaculture in a Changing Climate Research: Project Measures Views on Seals and Sharks Extension: Getting a Leg Up on Floodplain Management Program Announcements SUBSCRIBE » Newsletter subscribe form ISSUE ARCHIVE » Read…

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Graduate Research Fellows Focus on Microplastics and Seabirds

Woods Hole  and MIT Sea Grant Programs Announce Two New Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellows   August 8, 2022 — Last August, the Woods Hole and MIT Sea Grant programs announced a new joint fellowship program to support Massachusetts graduate students engaging in coastal and marine research. Two students have now been selected as…

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Teacher Workshop: July 15, 2022- Sea Level Rise

The Perfect Storm: Exploring how sea level rise and storms intersect Presenters: Greg Berman, Coastal Processes Specialist, Woods Hole Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension  – The Science of Sea Level Rise and Storms, Presentation Slides   Shannon Hulst, Floodplain Specialist, Woods Hole Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension – Applying the Science:…

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July 2022 Educator Workshop

The Perfect Storm: Exploring how sea level rise and storms intersect Date: July 15, 2022 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Description Professional learning workshop for informal and formal educators Grades 6-12. Join us to learn the basics of sea level rise, discover how we see the impacts during high tide and big storms, explore how…

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