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...

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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.

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CALENDAR

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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