Spotlight: Degradation of Coastal Waters

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MIT Sea Grant is addressing the degradation of coastal waters in New England by providing funding for research that helps managers and residents understand, identify, and quantify nutrient pollution along the coast.

Matt Charette, a senior scientist in marine chemistry and geochemistry at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), received funding from MIT Sea Grant to use new technology to measure nutrients, specifically nitrogen, in coastal surface waters. Read More...

MORE MITSG IN THE NEWS

Device may help forecast outbreaks of red tide
Boston Globe... 5 / 7 / 2012

MIT Sea Grant e-Newsletter: March 2012
4 / 2 / 2012

Degradation of Coastal Waters
MIT Sea Grant... 3 / 29 / 2012

Winchester students experience dream jobs for a day
Winchester Star... 3 / 23 / 2012

Fishy Chatter
Science News for Kids... 3 / 6 / 2012

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

High school teachers and informal educators: participate in our new water quality and invasive species monitoring program this spring or summer.

Online Ocean Sciences Quiz now live! Brought to you by MIT Sea Grant and the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.

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CALENDAR

5 / 17 / 2012Patterns of pollution in South Shore stormwater. Brown Bag Lunch with Juliet Simpson, Coastal Ecologist, MIT Sea Grant

5 / 29 / 2012Georges Bank seafloor image processing. Brown Bag Lunch with Seth Newburg and Michael Soroka: AUV Lab, MIT Sea Grant

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