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Blue Future Conference – October 24 & 25

The Blue Future Conference 2022 is produced by economic development nonprofit The Plymouth Foundation and ProMare, the nonprofit behind the unmanned marine research vessel Mayflower Autonomous ship. This new conference will gather leaders…
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Job Posting: Sustainable Solutions for Climate with MIT Resilient Communities Lab

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P)-Center for Advanced Urbanism-MIT Resilient Communities Lab (RCL), to join a team working on sustainable solutions for climate change adaptation that integrates traditional ecological…
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Now Open: STREAM Grants RFP – Apply by Nov. 15

MIT Sea Grant is now accepting proposals for the new STREAM Grants program, open to a diversity of Massachusetts applicants. STREAM Grants — Solutions Through Research, Education, and Art in Massachusetts — support one-year projects up…
Dr. Juliet Simpson holds sediment core on a boat in Massachusetts.
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New Paper Explores Eelgrass Carbon Storage and Wave Intensity in Nahant

A paper published in Science of the Total Environment shows how carbon rates in a Nahant seagrass meadow correlate with wave intensity A team of researchers from the Environmental Protection Agency, Boston University, MIT, and others including…
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Visit MIT Sea Grant October 3 at the Cambridge Science Festival

MIT Sea Grant: A Tour of Lab Facilities with Robots, Test Tanks, and More Come and see robot boats, submarines and a variety of other ocean engineering projects during the Cambridge Science Festival's Climate Day! Monday, October 3, 2022 3-5…
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New Whitepapers Outline Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Marine Waters

  Recommendations of the Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region 1) and Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection The Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel (OMSAP),…
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Cape Cod Times | Will a federal workforce training program help invigorate a graying fishery industry?

September 1, 2022 (Denise Coffey, Cape Cod Times) — Stephanie Sykes recently wrapped up a grant proposal aimed at getting young men and women into the fishing industry. The Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance proposal is in partnership…
Eight NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellows' headshots.
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NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program Awardees Announced

August 18, 2022 (Halle Meltzer, NOAA Sea Grant) – Sea Grant and NOAA Fisheries are pleased to announce the 2022 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship recipients. Seven population and ecosystem dynamics fellowships…
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NOAA’s Sea Grant and Disaster Preparedness Programs help address disaster impacts and recovery with three new projects

Dale Oakley Jr., Assistant Director of Natural Resources, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, is a key personnel on MIT Sea Grant’s disaster preparedness project. Oakley stands next to a camera system installed as part of a river herring monitoring project…
A blue shark approaches the camera of underwater photographer Keith Ellenbogen.
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June 22 – Nov 1 on NEAQ’s Central Wharf – Space to Sea: A Photographic Journey into Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

BOSTON, MA (June 2022) – Acclaimed underwater photographer Keith Ellenbogen brings the rich and surprising biodiversity of marine life off the Massachusetts coast—including great white sharks, humpback whales, sea turtles, and North…