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Coastal Impacts Newsletter Winter 2022

By Stephanie Murphy | April 28, 2022

  Coastal Impacts Woods Hole Sea Grant Newsletter February 2022 Letter From The Director Business Continuity Planning Program Scheduled National Flood Insurance Program Updates Community Rating System Updates Upcoming Floodplain Management Training Funded Researchers Working on Real-Time ‘Shark Forecast’ Working Toward Shellfish More Robust to Disease Pressures Girls in Science Now Accepting Applications for 2022 Sessions Dune Sign…

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Resources for Educators & Students

By David Gaylord | January 23, 2015

Resources for Educators and Students Adaptations and Climate Change Expand How Whales Change the Climate:  Video from Sustainable Human showing whales’ role in the ecosystem and climate. Port Townsend Marine Science Center- Orca Bone Atlas: This is a great resource that shows an Orca skeleton and allows you to see 3-D views of various parts of the…

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Graduate Research Fellows Focus on Microplastics and Seabirds

By Stephanie Murphy | August 8, 2022

Woods Hole  and MIT Sea Grant Programs Announce Two New Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellows   August 8, 2022 — Last August, the Woods Hole and MIT Sea Grant programs announced a new joint fellowship program to support Massachusetts graduate students engaging in coastal and marine research. Two students have now been selected as…

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Bioacoustics

By David Gaylord | May 31, 2018

Bioacoustics This program is a collaboration between the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Woods Hole Sea Grant. Background Light is very limited in the ocean habitat. Below the photic zone (the depth to which sunlight is able to penetrate) it is very dark. For marine mammals, however, this vast 3-dimensional world is far from dark. The…

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Teacher Workshop: May 4, 2018

By | May 11, 2018

Coral Reefs, Symbionts, and Climate Change   Presenter: Dr. Amy Apprill, WHOI Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department – Coral, Symbionts, and Ecosystem Health   Dr. Konrad Hughen, WHOI Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department – Coral Records of Environmental and Climate Change   Date: May 2018   Classroom activities   NOAA Lesson Plans Coral Cores: Ocean Timelines…

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Dune Poster Art Contest

By Stephanie Murphy | December 24, 2021

Dune Sign Art Contest for Massachusetts K-12 Students Dunes play a critical role in maintaining a healthy coastal ecosystem, so it’s important to protect them. The Woods Hole Sea Grant student art contest was held Jan. – March 2022 to solicit new artwork for our dune signs. Winning artwork was selected in three categories: ℘ …

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Adaptations & Climate Change

By David Gaylord | April 23, 2018

Adaptation & Climate Change This program is a collaboration between the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Woods Hole Sea Grant.   Background What types of adaptations do marine mammals have and how are they dealing with climate change? In order to survive in their particular habitat, all animals must have structures and behaviors that…

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adaptations

By Grace Simpkins | September 22, 2021

Adaptations & Climate Change This program is a collaboration between the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Woods Hole Sea Grant. Background What types of adaptations do marine mammals have and how are they dealing with climate change? In order to survive in their particular habitat, all animals must have structures and behaviors that enable them to…

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