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Historic Shipwreck Management: Meeting of Experts

By Helen Gordon | January 26, 2015

Historic Shipwreck Management: Meeting of Experts Hoagland, P. 23 pp., 1992, $3.00 WHOI-W-92-001 There has been spectacular growth in the demand for and resource value of submerged cultural resources such as historic shipwrecks. The pace at which technology is providing access to submerged cultural resources appears to have outstripped institutional abilities to ensure resource conservation.…

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Post 5: Winter launch

By Stephanie Murphy | February 17, 2026

We released our second set of drifters into Cape Cod Bay on Tuesday (2/10/2026). Thank you to the crew of the RV Tioga for deploying the drifters for us! But first, a quick re-cap! Two drifters from the fall deployment escaped Cape Cod Bay – Maddie and Athvika.  The Athvika drifter stopped transmitting pings in…

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Focal Points – Evaluation of Coastal Erosion Hazards: Results from a National Study and a Massachusetts Perspective

By Helen Gordon | January 29, 2015

Focal Points – Evaluation of Coastal Erosion Hazards: Results from a National Study and a Massachusetts Perspective August 20010 – While it may not be surprising to learn that coastal property owners — particularly those with property located within a few hundred feet from shore — face risks from flooding, a recent study found that,…

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Tidal Velocity Asymmetries and Bedload Transport in Shallow Embayments

By Helen Gordon | January 26, 2015

Tidal Velocity Asymmetries and Bedload Transport in Shallow Embayments Fry, V. and D.G. Aubrey Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Vol. 30, pp. 453-473, 1990 WHOI-R-90-008 Tidal circulation can cause a net transport of sediment when the tidal velocity is asymmetric about a zero mean (flood or ebb dominant) and the sediment transport rate is related…

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Q&A with Knauss Fellow Jori Barley

By Stephanie Murphy | August 1, 2024

A graduate of UMass Amherst, Jori Barley is a 2024 Knauss Fellow in the NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR). One of NOAA Sea Grant’s most high-profile fellowship, the John A. Knauss Fellowship provides a one-year, paid experience for highly-qualified early career professionals to work on issues related to coastal, marine and Great…

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Shell Day 2019

By Chad Chinnery | August 27, 2019

Shell Day 2019 – Northeast Coastal Acidification Network (NECAN) 2021 Update Woods Hole Sea Grant Research Coordinator Jennie Rheuban presented Shell Day findings during the 2020-2021 webinar series held by NECAN, the Northeast Coastal Acidification Network. First Coastal Acidification Monitoring Blitz in the Northeast Held August 22, 2019, Shell Day’s aim was to engage water…

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