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Data-Driven Modeling of 4D Ocean and Coastal Acidification in the Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays

The ocean absorbs about a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. When this carbon dioxide dissolves in seawater, it results in ocean acidification, affecting many ocean species like corals, lobsters, and oysters that make…
Four photographs showing students working at a table, pulling up a plankton tow, and holding a crab, and an image of the Charles River Floating Wetland
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Now Open: STREAM Awards Request for Proposals

MIT Sea Grant supports small coastal and marine related projects through STREAM Awards — Solutions Through Research, Education & Art in Massachusetts. MIT Sea Grant is now accepting proposals for the STREAM Awards program, open to…
A blue shark image in process with a nose-like body - an outtake of LOBSTgER’s generative AI learning. (AI-generated image: Keith Ellenbogen, Andreas Mentzelopoulos, and LOBSTgER)
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Merging AI and Underwater Photography to Reveal Hidden Ocean Worlds

The LOBSTgER research initiative at MIT Sea Grant explores how generative AI can expand scientific storytelling by building on field-based photographic data. Can you spot the real photo? One of these blue shark images was captured 30…
A map of the United States showing locations of all of the Sea Grant supporters who signed on to the letters to Congress
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Sea Grant Support: A Note from the Director

We are asking for your support urging Congress to maintain funding for Sea Grant. To date, over 600 individuals have signed on in support of our Massachusetts programs, MIT Sea Grant and WHOI Sea Grant. We greatly appreciate all of your support…
River herring migration beneath the surface (Photo: Keith Ellenbogen, MIT Sea Grant Visiting Artist)
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5 Questions: AI and River Herring Monitoring with MIT Sea Grant-Funded Researcher Zhongqi Chen, Woodwell Climate Research Center

MIT Sea Grant provides competitive funding opportunities through our Core Request For Proposals (RFP) open to Massachusetts research scientists who seek to address marine issues in ways that benefit the Commonwealth. We talked with funded…
Trees by the coast of Cape Cod. Photo: National Parks Service
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Apply by April 18: Coastal Forests Community Engaged Internship

The Community Engaged Internship (CEI) program is a federally funded initiative through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that provides undergraduate students with paid summer internships with Sea Grant programs. MIT…
MIT professors Themis Sapsis (left) and Fotini Christia will co-lead the newly-launched MIT Maritime Consortium. Photo: Conor McArdle/School of Engineering
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MIT Maritime Consortium Sets Sail

A new international collaboration unites MIT and maritime industry leaders to develop nuclear propulsion technologies, alternative fuels, data-powered strategies for operation, and more. March 26, 2025 | Anne Wilson, MechE (MIT News) –…
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April 8-9: Gulf of Maine Monitoring & Research Symposium

MassBays, MIT Sea Grant, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, and NERACOOS are very excited to announce registration for a symposium to bring together people conducting research and monitoring efforts across the Gulf of Maine. Gulf…
A drifter being tested in a tank at MIT
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Students and Educators Investigate Marine Debris by Building, Launching, and Tracking Drifters

MIT Sea Grant, Stonehill College, and the Cohasset Center for Student Coastal Research activate a collaborative network to track marine debris Through a collaborative project with MIT Sea Grant, Stonehill College, and the Cohasset Center…
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Now Accepting Preproposals: FY2026-2028 Core RFP