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Hurricanes
Hurricanes Though it has been 30 years since the last major hurricane struck the Massachusetts coast, hurricanes can be devastating and they can happen here! Be smart and prepare yourself, your family and your home to minimize losses from a hurricane. https://seagrant.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Hurricanes_in_New_England.mp4 Preparing for a Hurricane in New England *From Homeowner’s Handbook to Prepare for…
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Coastal Managers Coastal Processes The Coastal Processes Extension agents provide technical assistance to the communities of Barnstable County on a variety of coastal land protection and management issues. This is accomplished through site visits, giving formal and informal presentations to regulatory, business, and community groups, and planning and conducting seminars, workshops, and meetings. The Coastal…
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Research Funding Sea Grant provides a variety of funding opportunities based on its work in four focus areas: Healthy Coastal Ecosystems, Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies, and Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development. National Sea Grant funding opportunities also include National Strategic Investments, for example in aquaculture, and other special projects. Research…
Read MoreBulletin: Clam Tents: A New Approach to Soft-Shell Clam Culture and Management
Bulletin: Clam Tents: A New Approach to Soft-Shell Clam Culture and Management Soft-shell clams, Mya arenaria, are an enigma to scientists, managers, and shellfish harvesters in southeastern Massachusetts and throughout the bivalve’s range. One year, clams may settle in very dense concentrations, while, the following year, there may be no soft-shell clam recruitment at the…
Read MoreCoastal Conference Series Spotlights Nantucket
More than 100 people attended the second biennial Nantucket Coastal Conference at the Atheneum on June 26, 2019, to hear about the coastal issues that impact Nantucket and the approaches government, industry and non-profit organizations take in addressing them. Fifth in a series of conferences that started in 2013 and alternate between Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket,…
Read MoreTeacher Workshop November 2003
Teacher Workshop November 2003 “Right Whale Ecology at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Conservation” Dr. Mark Baumgartner is an Assistant Scientist in the Biology department of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He studies the foraging behavior and ecology of whales, and the formation and location of the patches of plankton that whales feed on. In this…
Read MoreHistoric Shipwreck Management: Meeting of Experts II
Historic Shipwreck Management: Meeting of Experts II Hoagland, P. 51 pp., 1993, $3.00 WHOI-T-93-002
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Nantucket Coastal Conference June 6, 2017 Nantucket Atheneum Great Hall, Nantucket, Mass. Keynote Coastal Change Rob Thieler, USGS –Woods Hole, Center Director Coastal Erosion Shifting Sands and the Shorelines of Nantucket Andrew Ashton, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Sconset Geotube Update Maria Hartnett, Epsilon Associates; Twenty-three Years of Monitoring Sciasconset, MA Mitch Buck, Woods Hole…
Read MoreMapping Katama Bay’s Restless Sands
Boaters on Martha’s Vineyard know navigational maps of Katama Bay become obsolete very quickly. Why do the sands at the bottom of the Bay shift so much and so often? Katama Bay has two inlets. Water pours in from Vineyard Sound through Edgartown Channel, and from the Atlantic Ocean through Katama Inlet. The size and…
Read MoreBenthic Mariculture and Research Rig Developed for Diver Operation
Benthic Mariculture and Research Rig Developed for Diver Operation Hampson, G.R., D.C. Rhoads, and D.W. Clark Diving for Science…1989, Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Ninth Annual Scientific Diving Symposium, Woods Hole, MA, pp. 113-117, 1989 WHOI-R-89-017
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