MIT Sea Grant to Bring Sea Perch to Boy Scout “Camporee” in NH, Oct. 8
On October 8th, as many as two-thousand boy scouts will head out to the weekend-long "Boy Scout Camporee" hosted by Scouts New England at the Waterville Valley Ski resort, in New Hampshire. MIT Sea Grant will be there, showing the scouts how…
Calling Mass. High Schools: Blue Lobster Bowl Team Applications due October 28
The Blue Lobster Bowl, Massachusetts' regional marine science quiz bowl, is one of the 25 annual regional competitions that comprise the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) competition.During the full-day competition, teams of high school students…
15th Annual Blue Lobster Bowl Competition:February 4, 2012.
7:30 AM - ~ 5:00 PM (first competition round starts 9:00 AM)MIT Buildings 26, 16, and 56Accessible from the main MIT entrance at 77 Massachusetts Avenue in CambridgeFree and open to the publicDid someone say, Blue Lobster? If you know a…
Stormwater Monitoring
The town of Kingston, Mass., with funding from a Massachusetts Bays Program Research and Planning Grant, and assistance from MIT Sea Grant, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), and the Jones River Watershed Association,…
MIT Sea Grant Ocean Science Interns Contribute Data to Boston Harbor Islands Monitoring Effort
Data from environmental monitoring on two Boston Harbor Islands, collected by MIT Sea Grant summer interns, will contribute to a larger effort to observe and define changes in water quality and marine species on the islands¡ shores. MIT Sea…
MIT Sea Grant now accepting applications for the Sea Perch Institute 2011-2012 school year. Due Sept 30.
MIT Sea Grant College Program is now accepting Sea Perch Institute is an innovative, yearlong teacher training course and a project-based, hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program for students. Under the mentorship…
Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene is expected to bring a major storm event to Massachusetts this weekend. See links at right for NOAA Advisories, local news, and more. The information on hurricane preparedness below was prepared by MIT Sea Grant's coastal ecologist,…
Hurricane, tropical storm watches issued for Massachusetts/ Preparedness, Safety Tips, and Emergency Kit
Hurricane Irene is expected to bring a major storm event to Massachusetts this weekend. See links at right for NOAA Advisories, local news, and more. The information on hurricane preparedness below was prepared by MIT Sea Grant's coastal ecologist,…
Summer undergraduate researcher, Michelle Slosberg, develops marine invasive species predictive method
MIT Sea Grant undergraduate researcher, Michelle Slosberg, has developed a geographically referenced risk assessment method to predict sources of marine invasive species in the coastal waters of the northeastern United States and their potential…
Fish Sounds: MIT Sea Grant PI, Rodney Rountree, featured on Cape and Islands NPR station
On August 15, MIT Sea Grant principal investigator, Rodney Rountree, was featured on The Point with Mindy Todd on the Cape and Islands NPR affiliate, WCAI (a service of WGBH). The feature, entitled, Fish Sounds, was described as heading underwater…
