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Microplastics in Coastal Marine Animals: Defining the problem

Microplastics in Coastal Marine Animals: Defining the problem Principal Investigators Jordan Pitt, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Mark Hahn, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Neel Aluru, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summary The PIs will address the need for fundamental knowledge about the potential threat posed by microplastics and nanoplastics to commercially and ecologically important groups of shellfish…

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Understanding the Rewilding of Cape Cod: Creating a curriculum for middle school learners

Understanding the Rewilding of Cape Cod: Creating a curriculum for middle school learners Principal Investigators Marianne Long Walsh, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Megan Winton, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Summary The PIs will develop a middle school level curriculum focused on the white shark – grey seal relationship and the associated controversy on Cape Cod.  The…

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Kinematic and Dynamic Estimates from Electromagnetic Current Meter Data

Kinematic and Dynamic Estimates from Electromagnetic Current Meter Data Aubrey, D.G. and J.H. Trowbridge Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 90, No. C5, pp. 9137-9146, 1985 WHOI-R-85-006 Comprehensive laboratory measurements and a thorough review of applicable literature show that electromagnetic current meters (manufactured by Marsh-McBurney, Inc.) are adequate for many kinematic measurements but may lead to…

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Development and testing of a near real-time white shark forecast system for Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Development and testing of a near real-time white shark forecast system for Cape Cod, Massachusetts Principal Investigators Megan Winton, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Greg Skomal, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Summary The PIs will develop and evaluate near real-time ‘shark forecast’ maps that can be disseminated by town and beach managers and via the AWSC’s…

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Nantucket Coastal Conference 2019

Nantucket Coastal Conference June 26, 2019 Nantucket Atheneum, Nantucket, Mass.   Keynote Puerto Ricans Invented Resilience Ruperto Chaparro Serrano, Director, Puerto Rico Sea Grant Program Coastal Risks and Vulnerability Metocean Data Analysis and Numerical Model Simulations Daniel Stapleton, Senior Principal, GZA Responding to Coastal Change Tom O’Shea, Director of Coast and Natural Resources, The Trustees…

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Bulletin: New Shoreline Change Data Reveal Massachusetts is Eroding

Bulletin: New Shoreline Change Data Reveal Massachusetts is Eroding Approximately 75 percent of the U.S. ocean shoreline is eroding. Massachusetts’ ocean-facing shore is no exception. A recent study of shoreline change in Massachusetts by the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant Program, and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension reveals that approximately 68 percent,…

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