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Coastal Resilience Week Events

Find us at any of our upcoming Coastal Resilience Week 2024 events!June 8 – June 15, 2024 Be Prepared. Be Flexible. Be Strong. WHOI Sea Grant is sponsoring a weeklong series of events aimed at raising awareness and increasing our community’s resilience to the impacts of climate change, particularly from storms, erosion, and flooding. “Cape…

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Cape Cod Coastal Resilience Week

BE PREPARED. BE FLEXIBLE. BE STRONG. JUNE 8 – JUNE 15, 2024   Communities across Cape Cod are improving their readiness to weather natural disasters and environmental change. Our ability to withstand and “bounce back” after events such as hurricanes, coastal storms, and flooding is called coastal resilience. Preserving dunes is a primary defense against…

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Shoreline Resilience and Inlet Management

Shoreline Resilience and Inlet Management Principal Investigators Steve Elgar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Britt Raubenheimer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summary Many coastal ponds on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and mainland Massachusetts shorelines are drained intentionally (“breached”) to lower pond water levels that threaten homes and to promote healthy habitats. However, breaches often close before…

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Marine Debris

Marine Debris Marine debris is a global problem that injures and kills marine animals, threatens to navigational safety, and poses a human health threat. WHOI Sea Grant is dedicated to the reduction of marine debris, regionally and globally. We are actively involved in the mitigation of marine debris in our environment by funding research into…

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Seabed Materials

Seabed Materials Broadus, J.M. Science, Vol. 235, pp. 853-860, 1987 WHOI-R-87-004 A large catalog of materials has been proposed as potential seabed resources, and some seabed materials such as hydrocarbons and tin already contribute to the world’s economy. Scientific advances have increased our knowledge of other seabed prospects, but realization of their potential will be…

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Closing the Loop: Characterizing habitat requirements, movements, and life stage linkages of river herring in Massachusetts watersheds

Closing the Loop: Characterizing habitat requirements, movements, and life stage linkages of river herring in Massachusetts watersheds Principal Investigators Adrian Jordan, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Co-PIs Michelle Staudinger, U.S. Geological Survey Allison Roy, U.S. Geological Survey Summary Adult river herring are relatively well monitored as they migrate from the ocean to freshwater spawning ponds in the…

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