Great coastal resilience piece by Bay State Banner with insights from MIT Sea Grant's Rob Vincent and MysticRiverWatershed City of Chelsea City of Everett, MA + Mass CZM:
Coastal resilience efforts cross city lines at Island End River in Chelsea and Everett
baystatebanner.com/2024/03/27/coa…

Now accepting nominations through May 9 for the Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research + $1000 prize, open to MIT Students from all departments. Faculty supervisors nominate by letter. Students are encouraged to ask for nominations! seagrant.mit.edu/dean-horn-awar…

The river herring run has begun! Each spring, about 600,000 herring migrate from the Gulf of Maine into Boston Harbor and up the Mystic River into MA lakes and ponds to spawn. MIT Sea Grant works with MysticRiverWatershed MA Division of Marine Fisheries MassDCR + other partners on herring research + outreach.

Our refreshed Climate Primer—written by Dr. Kerry Emanuel, professor emeritus of Atmospheric Science at MIT (MIT EAPS)—now incorporates four more years of climate knowledge to keep learners up-to-minute with the state of our planet and the human response.
climateprimer.mit.edu

Join MIT Open Space Programming + Woods Hole Film Festival April 26 for a movie night 7-9PM at the Kendall/MIT Open Space!

Patrick and the Whale is a true tale of a sperm whale Dolores + Patrick Dykstra on his quest to connect with + understand one of the biggest creatures in the ocean: openspace.mit.edu/calendar/movie…

Last week, we hosted a IVLP delegation from the Pacific Islands focused on 'Sustainability and Economic Development in the Blue Economy.'

While here, the group met with MIT Sea Grant for a tour and to discuss the role of universities in the blue economy. (1/2)

MIT Sea Grant, the Center for Bits and Atoms + a team of engineers are designing artificial reefs to mimic wave-buffering effects of natural reefs and provide habitats for marine life.

Details reported today in PNAS Nexus + MIT News: news.mit.edu/2024/artificia… MIT Media Lab MIT MechE

Explore this StoryMap featuring NOAA Sea Grant program impacts, including a fleet of autonomous surface vehicles to monitor ocean acidification. The sensing buoys were developed by a team of MIT Sea Grant-funded researchers led by MIT MechE Prof. Dick Yue:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/29ac29…

#SeaGrant made waves in 2022 🌊 🌊 🌊

From leading #research to driving #sustainability , our programs left lasting impacts across #coastal and #GreatLakes communities.

Dive in: bit.ly/SGimpacts

TOMORROW 12-4pm: Hear from MIT Sea Grant-funded researchers! tinyurl.com/CoreSymposium

Pingguo He UMass Dartmouth
Krish Sharman UMass Amherst
David Ralston Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Ted Maney Salem State
Petros Koumoutsakos Harvard University
Dipanjan Saha Northeastern U.
Michael Benjamin Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Dick Yue/Grgur Tokic Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

📢Funding Opportunity:

Sea Grant seeks collaborative projects to advance scientific knowledge of the American lobster fishery & support the resiliency of fishing communities in the face of environmental change & economic uncertainty. Apply by May 7, 2024: seagrant.noaa.gov/funding

📣 Funding Opportunity:

Sea Grant seeks collaborative applications to develop projects that build and execute programs, workshops and services in support of the Young Fishermen's Development Act and other initiatives. Apply by May 2, 2024: seagrant.noa.gov/funding

Join MIT Sea Grant for a symposium Wednesday, March 20th from 12-4pm ET. Hear from our FY22 + FY23 funded researchers focusing on water quality + ocean acidification, modeling + machine learning, and new technologies for fisheries + aquaculture.

Register: tinyurl.com/CoreSymposium

Happy #WomensHistoryMonth ! #WomenOfSeaGrant boldly supports furthering the #sustainable use of #coastal and #GreatLakes resources.

Sea Grant’s Advisory Board, directors & staff are in D.C. this week to share knowledge across the network.

seagrant.noaa.gov

Happy #WorldSeagrassDay ! MIT Sea Grant Coastal Ecologist Julie Simpson studies eelgrass, which is often hidden from view submerged in near-shore waters. As the tide goes in + out, eelgrass captures blue carbon by promoting sedimentation of organic particles from the water column.

STREAM Spotlight: Whale & Dolphin Conservation (WDC) will introduce local 5th graders to humpback whales off the coast of MA with a new educational program, WHALE ID. Students will learn identification, join data-driven ecology exercises + participate in whale-naming traditions: tinyurl.com/STREAM2024

Great opportunity via MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative! The MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellowship supports freelance + staff journalists in developing a news project on how climate change and/or the shift to a low-carbon economy relates to local communities + regions: esi.mit.edu/journalism-app…

MIT Sea Grant provides competitive funding opportunities for MA researchers. Six projects have been recommended for funding through our 2024 Core RFP, pending final approval by NOAA, focusing on aquaculture, fisheries, ocean acidification + marine debris: tinyurl.com/2024CoreProjec…

STREAM Spotlight: Falmouth Public Schools, MA Learning Partnerships Specialist Carmela Mayeski will connect students with educational experiences through the Penikese Island School, using the island as nature’s classroom to explore ecosystem health, sea level rise + more: tinyurl.com/STREAM2024

STREAM Spotlight: Science Engineering Education Development (SEED) is creating educational resources exploring ocean acidification + effects on shellfish, including a video guide and kits with hands-on classroom activities + experiments reaching 125 educators and 4000 elementary students: tinyurl.com/STREAM2024