• PROTECTING COASTS AND HABITATS WITH ARCHITECTED ARTIFICIAL REEFS

    Congress has again encouraged Sea Grant to support coastal resilience efforts with its FY 2023 appropriation, and the National Sea Grant Office has awarded funding to programs working to address coastal challenges.

    MIT Sea Grant, in collaboration with the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, is developing artificial reefs that would help protect coastal communities and infrastructure, while benefiting local habitats and species.

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  • KNAUSS FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION PERIOD NOW OPEN

    The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students interested in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and national policy decisions. Students are matched with “hosts” in the legislative and executive branch of government in the Washington, D.C. area.

    Apply by February 15, 2024 for the 2025 Fellowship!

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  • MAPPING BLUE CARBON: NEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTS COASTAL ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS

    Across the Northeast, salt marshes and seagrass beds help mitigate climate change by absorbing large quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The EPA, MIT Sea Grant, and a network of partners are bringing blue carbon reservoirs into the spotlight through a collaborative effort involving extensive research and mapping. Read the report: Blue Carbon Reservoirs from Maine to Long Island NY.
    (Photo: Phil Colarusso, EPA)

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  • SEA GRANT ANNOUNCES 2024 CLASS OF KNAUSS MARINE POLICY FELLOWS

    Sea Grant has announced 85 finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. MIT Sea Grant-sponsored finalist Marisa Borreggine, a postdoc at Harvard’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, will bring their background in sea level change to a Knauss appointment in the executive branch of government.

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  • SEA GRANT PROVIDES $3.3M IN SUPPORT OF SEAFOOD INDUSTRY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

    NOAA Sea Grant announced the selection of 10 projects through two competitions aimed at bolstering workforce development efforts in fisheries and aquaculture sectors. MIT Sea Grant is partnering with Woods Hole Sea Grant/Barnstable County Cooperative Extension to develop an aquaculture internship program that pulls together recruits from a diversity of communities. (Photo: Aileen Devlin, Virginia Sea Grant)

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  • NMFS-SEA GRANT JOINT FELLOWS ANNOUNCED

    Congrats to the eight recipients of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship!

    MIT Sea Grant-sponsored Population and Ecosystem Dynamics Fellow Max Grezlik (UMass Dartmouth) will work with the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, with mentorship from Research Fisheries Biologist Dr. Sean Lucey. Welcome, Max!

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  • TWO STUDENTS WIN 2023 DEAN HORN AWARD

    Emma Rutherford (MIT MechE+ Physics ’23) and Arianna Ilvonen (MechE ’24) win the 2023 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research for their work developing an underwater housing for a high-speed camera, and an autonomous cable-mounted robot.

    READ THE ANNOUNCEMENTDEAN HORN AWARD

  • JWAFS ANNOUNCES 2023 SEED GRANT RECIPIENTS

    The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) announced 10 new projects supporting research tackling challenges related to water and food for human use, including an aquaculture initiative with MIT Sea Grant. The team, led by MIT Sea Grant Assistant Director Robert Vincent, MIT CEE Associate Professor Otto Cordero, and MIT Sea Grant Director Professor Michael Triantafyllou, aims to control harmful bacteria blooms in aquaculture production.

    READ MOREMIT NEWS ARTICLE

  • ADDRESSING MARINE DEBRIS THROUGH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

    NOAA Sea Grant has announced $27 million in projects that will address the prevention and removal of debris in marine and Great Lakes environments throughout the U.S.

    MIT Sea Grant, partnering with Stonehill College and the Cohasset Center for Student Coastal Research, will be awarded $286K to form a coalition of K-12 educators and students, environmental organizations, communities, and commercial fishermen to address issues of marine debris in eastern Massachusetts together.

    READ MORENOAA SEA GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT
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  • WHITEPAPERS OUTLINE CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERN IN MARINE WATERS

    The Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel, including MIT Sea Grant researchers Judith Pederson and Julie Simpson, developed a set of white papers about three types of contaminants of emerging concern:

    – Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
    – Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
    – Microplastics

    READ MOREVIEW PUBLICATION

  • MASSACHUSETTS FELLOWS FOCUS IN ON MICROPLASTICS AND SEABIRDS

    MIT Sea Grant and Woods Hole Sea Grant jointly announce two fellows with new Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship — Nicole Vandale (Northeastern University) and Sarah Guitart (UMass Amherst).

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  • DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WITH THE MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE

    NOAA’s Sea Grant and Disaster Preparedness Programs fund three new projects, including MIT Sea Grant’s work with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe developing a disaster response plan and training program to prepare for a potential oil spill, with specific attention on protecting shellfish aquaculture operations.

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  • ADVANCING AQUACULTURE: MEET THE OYSTAMARAN

    MIT students and engineers from MIT Sea Grant work with Ward Aquafarms in Cape Cod to help tackle some of the industry’s biggest challenges. The Oystamaran demonstrates that robots can perform extremely useful tasks in the ocean and serves as a model for future innovations in aquaculture.

    Photo/Video by John Freidah, MIT MechE

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  • DESIGN LAB: DECARBONIZING THE CARGO SHIPPING FLEET

    The International Maritime Organization has set a 50% reduction goal for annual greenhouse gas emissions from ships, including carbon, from 2008 levels by 2050.

    Researchers at the MIT Sea Grant Design Lab developed a decarbonization code to provide rapid assessments of fuel-saving technologies for cargo ships (J. S. Chalfant, L. Bonfiglio, C. Chryssostomidis, sponsor support from Hightide Foundation and Marsoft, Inc.).

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  • A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IN THE NORTHEAST

    Challenging conditions for familiar species like lobsters and scallops loom by mid-century.

    MIT Sea Grant Research Scientist Carolina Bastidas contributed to this report with a team from across New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces, providing up-to-date information on the Gulf of Maine and actionable solutions to increase resiliency.

    READ MORETHE PUBLICATION

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    MIT Sea Grant sends seasonal newsletters, along with updates and opportunities for Massachusetts communities and stakeholders.

    Photo by MIT Sea Grant Education Administrator Dr. Andrew Bennett, with students in MechE class 2.017

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  • SURVEY: OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY STAKEHOLDER NEEDS

    MIT Sea Grant is seeking stakeholder focus areas and feedback for topics in:

    • Grid development issues
    • Location of offshore renewable energy
    • Planning of shoreside infrastructure
    • Relative importance of wind, wave, current energy
    • Social sci, economic, coastal community resilience
    • Other areas may be submitted

    READ MORETAKE SURVEY
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