A blue shark image in process with a nose-like body - an outtake of LOBSTgERā€™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 30ā€¦
Four students selected as 2025 Dean Horn Awardees
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Four Students Win 2025 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research

MIT Sea Grant is happy to announce the winners of the 2025 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research. For the first time, MIT Sea Grant has selected four MIT students to receive the award: Thao Do (Mechanical Engineeringā€¦
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 supportā€¦
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 fundedā€¦
A bird diving into the ocean
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Space to Sea: The Gulf of Maineā€™s Ocean Wilderness on June 2

Join the Museum of Science and its Centers for Public Science Learning for the premiere of the short film Space to Sea: The Gulf of Maineā€™s Ocean Wilderness in the Mugar Omni Theater, featuring renowned conservation photographerĀ  andā€¦
A graphic for the Shellfish Training Showcase webinar on May 21 at 12pm ET showing headshots of the speakers and moderators.
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May 21 Webinar: Shellfish Training Showcase

Join the Aquaculture Information Exchange for a free Shellfish Training Showcase with shellfish educators across the US including Danny Badger from MIT Sea Grant + others from Auburn University, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, andā€¦
MIT Sea Grant Geospatial Applications Developer Ben Bray's work: Argo Tracks + Sea Surface Temperature - North Atlantic Ocean
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April 24 Reception: Shifting Tides Exhibition at The Gallery at Atlantic Wharf

Join us for the April 24th reception of Shifting Tides, a group exhibition at The Gallery at Atlantic Wharf featuring environmentally-focused work by 13 artists, including MIT Sea Grant Geospatial Applications Developer Ben Bray. The selectedā€¦
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May 3: Massachusetts Marine Educators Conference with MIT Sea Grant Workshop Exploring Non-Native Marine Species Movement

Speciesā€™ Shifts in a Warming Ocean Massachusetts Marine Educators 49th Annual Meeting and Conference Saturday, May 3, 2025 | 8:30AM - 4:30PM Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Quissett Campus Register here (Schedule + Registrationā€¦
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Aquaculture Internships for Massachusetts

A paid internship program training new workers for the aquaculture industry! The Massachusetts aquaculture industry is in search of reliable staff who are willing to learn. The Aquaculture Internships for Massachusetts (AIM) program willā€¦
Two students stand on a dock holding an underwater vehicle.
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Students Dive into Course S.201: Introduction to Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

March 14, 2025 (Anne Wilson, MIT MechE) ā€”Ā When Michael Benjamin, principal research scientist in the MIT Center for Ocean Engineering, arrived at MIT 25 years ago, only professors and postdoctoral students were allowed to touch the departmentā€™sā€¦