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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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Summer Programs for Children and Young Adults

Summer Programs for Children and Young Adults Please note: The only summer youth program that WHOI Sea Grant and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution lead is O-STEAM As a resource, this page also lists other local organizations that offer summer programs for children and young adults. Please contact the individual programs directly for details on their…

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Woods Hole Sea Grant Biennial Request for Proposals

Woods Hole Sea Grant Biennial Request for Proposals Funding Cycle: February 1, 2024 –January 31, 2026 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant (WHOI Sea Grant) requests proposals for two-year projects from investigators at academic, research and educational institutions throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Funded projects will fill information gaps or provide innovative solutions to pressing…

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Sea Grant Celebrates 50 Years

Celebrating 50 Years of WHOI Sea Grant Decades of Success In 2023, we celebrated the impacts of WHOI Sea Grant, a NOAA-funded program established at WHOI in 1973. Through research, outreach, and education, the program leverages marine science to build sustainable economies and environments for Massachusetts’ diverse communities. For five decades, WHOI Sea Grant has…

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Knauss Fellow Profile: Amanda Dwyer

Amanda Dwyer, a 2020 Knauss Fellow, might not be having the typical fellowship experience, due to COVID-19 outbreak and the need to shelter in place, but she’s not letting that stop her work as a Marine Debris Program Specialist, focusing on a new zero waste initiative for National Ocean Service (NOS) offices. The zero waste…

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Science at Our Shores: Woods Hole Sea Grant Research Symposium

Friday, March 6, 2020 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Redfield Auditorium Woods Hole, MA Researchers explain the work they’re doing to investigate pressing environmental and coastal issues. Showcasing recently completed and newly funded Sea Grant projects on shoreline resilience, sustainable fisheries, and sharks and microplastics in our waters, among others. This event is free and…

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A Tale of Two Capes

Explore the diverse ecosystems and some of the sustainability challenges common to Cape Cod and Cape Verde! An exhibit created by WHOI Sea Grant intern Carolyn King and featured at the Cape Cod Cape Verdean Museum and Cultural Center in East Falmouth, MA. AN INTRODUCTION: By Carolyn King BORN OF FIRE AND ICE: Origin Stories…

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