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Understanding the Rewilding of Cape Cod

Cape Cod’s white shark and gray seal populations have been growing, and with them, so has the desire to understand these changes and impacts on both the ecosystem and our coastline useage. With research funding from WHOI Sea Grant, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy has developed a middle school level curriculum focused on exploring the…

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Update on River Herring Network

Update on River Herring Network Dec. 2017 — Each spring river herring come from the ocean and swim, or “run” up rivers to spawn in ponds and slow sections of rivers. Each fall, Massachusetts river herring wardens gather together to talk about their favorite fish and discuss ways to preserve it. For centuries, people used…

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Knauss Profile: Amalia Aruda Almada

Amalia Aruda Almada has long had an interest in the connection between ocean science and public health. As an undergraduate at Georgetown University, Almada had read about the oceanographer and microbiologist Rita Colwell, who was the first scientist to show that freshwater copepods—barely visible …

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PhytO-ARM, An Open-source Platform for Real-time Phytoplankton Monitoring, Data Sharing, and Automated Aquaculture Management

PhytO-ARM, An Open-source Platform for Real-time Phytoplankton Monitoring, Data Sharing, and Automated Aquaculture Management Principal Investigator Michael Brosnahan, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Co-Principal Investigators Donald Anderson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA Katherine Hubbard, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Saint Petersburg, FL Maria Celia Villac, Florida Fish and Wildlife…

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Games

Games PBS games:  PBS has a variety of games to choose from.  There are nature, engineering, and animal games to name a few.  Examples include, “Don’t Flood the Fidgits”, “Aquabot”, “Ocean Guide”, “Creature Photoshoot”, and more.  Sign up at this website to get daily activities and tips to help kids play and learn at home.…

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