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Teacher Workshop November 2003

Teacher Workshop November 2003 “Right Whale Ecology at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Conservation” Dr. Mark Baumgartner is an Assistant Scientist in the Biology department of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He studies the foraging behavior and ecology of whales, and the formation and location of the patches of plankton that whales feed on. In this…

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Teacher Workshop June 2010

Teacher Workshop June 2010 June 4, 2010 Teacher Workshop ** ANNOUNCEMENT: JUNE TEACHERS’ WORKSHOP ** at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Topics in Oceanography Professional Development Workshop Friday June 4, 2010; 9:30-2:30 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Working title: “Studying and Seeing Volcanic Processes in the Ocean” Presenter: Adam Soule, WHOI Geology and Geophysics Department – Hear…

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Bioacoustics

Bioacoustics This program is a collaboration between the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Woods Hole Sea Grant. Background Light is very limited in the ocean habitat. Below the photic zone (the depth to which sunlight is able to penetrate) it is very dark. For marine mammals, however, this vast 3-dimensional world is far from dark. The…

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Ocean Enterprises: The Ocean and the Economy in the 1990’s

Ocean Enterprises: The Ocean and the Economy in the 1990’s Ross, D.A., J. Fenwick, M.A. Champ, and R. Knecht In: Halsey, S.D. and R.B. Abel (eds.), Coastal Ocean Space Utilization. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Coastal Ocean Space Utilization, Elsevier Press, pp. 369-371, 1990 WHOI-R-90-006 In the late 1980’s, less than 1% of the…

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Shellfish Sustaining Communities

Buddy Pocknettin a purple t-shirt and wearing a wampum necklace by a Mashpee marsh

Shellfish: Sustaining Communities       About the exhibit Shellfish: Sustaining Communities was designed, written, and produced in 2023 by members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, this land’s original stewards. Produced in collaboration with WHOI Sea Grant, this exhibit explores the history of shellfish in Wampanoag culture and examines the challenges facing our local shellfish…

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Nantucket Coastal Conference 2023

Nantucket Coastal Conference Nantucket Atheneum 1 India St. Nantucket, Mass. June 12, 2023 View a recording of the conference Agenda   9:30 am – 9:45 am – Welcome and Kickoff Brief introductions and welcome to the Nantucket Atheneum. Coffee, tea, and pastries served. Water refill stations available. 9:45 am – 10:30 am | Keynote Speaker:…

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