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State of Wellfleet Harbor Conference Planned

The annual State of Wellfleet Harbor Conference opens this Saturday, November 6 from 10-11:15 a.m., the first of three live Saturday webinars this month. The conference is free and all are welcome. Woods Hole Sea Grant Fisheries and Aquaculture Specialist Abigail Archer is a moderator for the conference. This Saturday, Owen Nichols with the Center…

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1998-2000 Projects

Molecular Biomarkers of Chemical Sensitivity Mark E. Hahn and Brenda A. Jensen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution A group of chemical contaminants known as PHAHs, or planar halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, are persistent in the marine environment. Some of these contaminants accumulate in the blubber and other tissues of marine mammals. As a result, certain cetaceans and…

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NOAA Live Webinars

NOAA Live! Webinars March 2020 –  April  2022 Features •  Different NOAA expert and topic with each webinar •  Moderated Q&A webinars with the scientists •  Geared toward Grades 2-8 •  Archive of past webinars with English captions and Spanish subtitles •  Why do we make an Indigenous Land Acknowledgment? •  FREE NOAA Live! iron-on…

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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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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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COAST Lesson Plans and Classroom Visits

Coasts, Oceans, and Stewardship Program (COAST) This program is a collaboration between the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Woods Hole Sea Grant.   The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant (WHOISG) and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) in Woods Hole, MA developed a program to create educational materials relating to key marine and coastal…

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