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May 3, 2019 Pollutants Workshop
Impacts of Human-derived Pollutants on the Coastal Environment Presenter: Dr. Chris Reddy, WHOI Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department – Using Discarded Shotgun Shells to Study the Fate of Plastics in the Environment Dr. John Stegeman, WHOI Biology Department – How Animals Deal with the Sea of Chemicals Date: May 2019 Lesson…
Read MoreClimates! It’s all in the data
Climates! It’s All in the Data This program is a collaboration between the Cape Cod Regional STEM Network and Woods Hole Sea Grant. Summary In this 3rd grade unit, the students explore the different climate regions of the world. Not only will the students learn the differences between climate and…
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World of Water This program is a collaboration between the Cape Cod Regional STEM Network and Woods Hole Sea Grant. Summary In this 2nd grade unit, the students will learn about the different bodies of water found on the earth’s surface. The students will use resources to explain that water…
Read MoreNOAALive4Kids coral polyp art
NOAA Live! coral polyp art During the #NOAALive4Kids webinar “Born is the Coral Polyp, A Creation Story from Hawaiʻi”, educator and archaeologist Malia Evans showed you how to design and make coral polyp art. Here are some photos that were shared with us. To view the webinar that was recorded on January 5, 2022, click…
Read MoreShucked Oyster Rapid Response Program
RAPID RESPONSE: Assisting Shellfish Growers Impacted by COVID-19 Making In-roads Toward a Shucked Oyster Market in Massachusetts Overview With the arrival of COVID-19 and the social distancing measures to mitigate its spread including the closure of restaurants, sales of oysters have plummeted. With little access to their traditional markets, shellfish aquaculture businesses and the related…
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Read the latest issue of our newsletter Coastal Impacts Learn more Meet Knauss Fellow James Elekwachi Learn more An Intern’s Journey into Aquaculture Learn more Sea Grant-funded Research Seeks to Restore Crucial Eelgrass Beds Learn more WHOI Sea Grant: A Smart Investment in Massachusetts’ Coastal Economy Learn more Putting science to work for Massachusetts coastal…
Read MoreAquaculture & Fisheries
Aquaculture and Fisheries Featured Video Water Quality and Shellfish on Cape Cod https://seagrant.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/3-Bays-Aquaculture-SM-Video-1-FINAL.mp4 Featured Topics Oysters Surf Clams River Herring American Lobsters Kelp Research Among the important fisheries and aquaculture research projects supported by WHSG are: PhytO-ARM, An Open-source Platform for Real-time Phytoplankton Monitoring, Data Sharing, and Automated Aquaculture Management Market Development to Diversify Shellfish…
Read MoreClearing the Way for River Herring in Plymouth
Just a stone’s throw from the Plymouth Rock where the Pilgrim’s first landed in 1620 is the mouth of Town Brook, a river that runs through the center of Plymouth and was once the source of fresh water and food for the Pilgrims. Chief among the fish from the river were herring, whose annual migration…
Read MoreMarine Mammals In Our Backyard
Marine Mammals In Our Backyard Background All mammals: breathe air, give birth to live young, nurse their young, are warm-blooded, and have hair (baby whales and dolphins actually have small hairs on their rostrums (nose) when born and it eventually sheds away leaving behind small follicles). Marine mammals have a range or territory where you…
Read MoreHelping Communities Lower the Cost of Flood Insurance
Helping Communities Lower the Cost of Flood Insurance March 2018 — Three years ago, Woods Hole Sea Grant and its outreach partner the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension developed a first-of-its-kind program for coordinating regional flood insurance and promoting flood resilience in coastal communities. That program is now serving as a model for others across the…
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