WHOI Sea Grant
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant puts science to work for MA coastal communities through marine research, education and outreach projects. Based @whoi.bsky.social.
- WHOI Sea Grant wishes you and your loved ones a joyous and happy holiday season!
- Be on the lookout for *manila clams* and help track them through iNaturalist! These non-natives have been spotted on Massachusetts shorelines. f.mtr.cool/stdipbihqj
- Did you know that oyster quality is often at its highest in November?! Nov was declared Massachusetts Aquaculture Month, as aquaculture contributes over $60 mil to the state's economy each year. Recipes, factsheets and more on oysters + clams: seagrant.whoi.edu/regional-topics/aquaculture-fisheries/
- Save the date for our next Sip o' Science event: Dec 10!
- Still have a pumpkin to carve? 🎃👻 Check out NOAA Education's sea-themed carving templates and other spooky science videos, activities, facts, and more at
- This #teachertuesday, check out WHOI's new Ocean Learning Hub, stocked full of ocean science content for curious minds! f.mtr.cool/pzqhzxdqbj @whoi.edu
- Find videos, graphics, interactives, factsheets, and more – all organized by topic, grade level, ocean literacy principles, or education standards, and use the bookmarking tool to create your own individualized units to best serve your classroom needs.
- WHOI Sea Grant educator Grace Simpkins helped develop this resource with educators in mind. Teachers Heather Goodwin and Jocelyn Chin ensured all content was aligned to the national education standards.
- Exciting science ahead! At this year’s 23rd Annual State of Wellfleet Harbor Conference (Nov 1 9am-1230pm), you’ll hear cutting‑edge presentations on a variety of topics! Register for this free event at massaudubon.org/whc
- 🗣️ JOIN OUR TEAM! 💪 WHOI Sea Grant and the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension are hiring a Coastal Resilience Specialist! Details at f.mtr.cool/ywqclrlyav #job #jobapplication #hiring #work #openposition #jobopening #capecod
- How might we supplement the observations Indigenous communities have been making of the environment over generations with robotic tools? Questions like this were the focus of a workshop for students from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe held at @whoi.edu . f.mtr.cool/vonybaopcq
- Sip o' Science returns October 29 with the first in a 3-part series on Cape Cod water quality issues! Grab a free ticket at f.mtr.cool/xzigkykzpe and we'll see you there! @whoi.edu
- We're tracking currents in Cape Cod Bay over the next year using drifters and sharing their journey in a *NEW* BLOG! 🔗f.mtr.cool/vkhvqaqsch Starting next week through summer 2026, we will release four drifters to collect observations of Cape Cod Bay's circulation. @whoi.edu
- Join WHOI Sea Grant for a "Science Party” Oct 21, at 5:30pm as part of Our Coastal Landscapes Art Exhibit at the First Congregational Church of Wareham! Explore interactive exhibits, meet local artists and scientists, and participate in creative activities. @whoi.edu
- Our Coastal Landscapes Exhibit Details: Sunday Oct 19, 11:30am-1pm: Opening Reception Tues Oct 21, 10am-4pm: Gallery Open, starting 5:30pm: "Science Party” Fri Oct 24, 11am-1pm: Gallery Open Sunday Oct 26, 11:30am-1pm: Gallery Open
- "Built Like a Tank, Lost to the Tide: How one Wellfleet house became a cautionary tale for coastal communities" Read the full story in our August newsletter 🔗 f.mtr.cool/lxopdsdzna @whoi.edu
- Could the loss of eelgrass contribute to the inability of winter flounder stocks to rebound? Read the full article in our newsletter at f.mtr.cool/gqrqpqvvxq PC: NOAA @whoi.edu
- "Many of us depend on our phones to be, well, more than phones. They are our computers, our maps, our calendars and our cameras. They can also be our gateway into citizen science." Cell photos snapped by the public help scientists track shoreline changes at different MA beaches.
- “The Sea Grant programs in Massachusetts are essential to supporting coastal science and education, and to communicating to citizens information about coastal systems and processes.” ~ Educator 📸: Boats in East Falmouth, by Poonam Narotam
- Our funded researchers often invite coastal communities to learn about their work. See what a team of @whoi.edu scientists and Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance fishermen and leadership got up to during a day with middle schoolers!
- #grwm for hurricane season! Be safe out there! For more resources, check out our webpage on hurricanes: f.mtr.cool/buyourcvjw @whoi.edu
- O-STEAM took to the sea today on the Zephyr to learn oceanographic sampling techniques and turned to the lab to learn about dolphin vocalizations. Fellows analyzed spectrograms or graphs of sounds, to identify individuals in the Sarasota dolphin population. @whoi.edu
- If you're in Woods Hole today, come say hi to our Coastal Resilience Specialist Shelly McComb at the Resilient Woods Hole Community Workshop! 4-7pm at the Community Hall (68 Water Street, Woods Hole)
- This winter, our marine team ran experiments in two towns—Mashpee and Falmouth—to explore how well sugar kelp grows in shallow waters around Cape Cod, an ongoing collaboration with local shellfish departments and farmers. seagrant.whoi.edu/culturing-kelp-on-c… @whoi.edu
- "There are projects all across America – from Cape Cod, down to Louisiana, and up to Michigan. Projects are often collaborations between organizations, companies, and communities, and they create jobs and foster connections across sectors." (1/2)
- Meet our Knauss Fellow and MA native, Katie Sperry! Sperry works in the NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Habitat Conservation’s Restoration Center, whose work supports the health and long-term viability of our fisheries. @whoi.edu (2/2)
- Favorite place to take in the ocean?! Aaaand go!👇With 1,519 miles of coastline in MA, we can't pick just one. Every federal $1 spent on WHOI Sea Grant generated nearly $6 in economic impacts (2023) and empowers us to care for our critical and beautiful natural resource. 📸: The Knob, Poonam Narotam
- ♻️ It’s not too late to recycle your #boat #shrinkwrap! It’s one of the largest single-use plastics we use. Help us divert some from the landfill by dropping yours off for #recycling here: seagrant.whoi.edu/community-engagemen… #plasticrecycling #capecod @whoi.edu
- We reached over 10,000 people with our education programming last year – by teaching lessons in the classroom, participating in school events, and hosting outreach events in the community! #schoolsout #scienceeducation #marineducation @whoi.edu
- "I am allergic to lobster. I grew up in Chicago, and deep dish pizza is our pride and joy, not lobster rolls. When I moved to Boston to study journalism and environmental science at Northeastern University, my college-student budget prioritized coffee over seafood dining experiences. And so.." (1/2)
- ...it was fitting, then, that I decided to spend five months communicating lobster science." Meet Kiran Johnson, our American Lobster Initiative intern this spring semester. We're so proud of her work! Read her words ➡️
- #MotivationMonday Students of all ages benefit from STEAM activities. As award sponsors of Falmouth's STEAM fair, we heard from the student winners: “it means so much to know that organizations like Sea Grant invest and believe in our education. Your encouragement inspires us to keep working hard.”
- It's officially summer! ☀️Cape Cod mascot Doug the Quahog will predict how many beach days we'll have this season. But the quahog (the Wampanoag word for a hard-shelled clam) gained importance thousands of years before Doug came along, as an integral component of the Wampanoag people's culture, (1/2)
- sustenance, livelihood, and stewardship practices. (1/2) While you wish for your beach days, listen to members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe share stories of how quahog are woven into their ways of life. seagrant.whoi.edu/shellfish-sustainin… @whoi.edu (2/2) 📸: Chris Linder
- ✨ With the hiring of our first Coastal Resilience Specialist in 2023, we expanded support for Massachusetts communities facing sea-level rise and flooding. The first-ever Cape Cod Coastal Resilience Week in June 2024 engaged 1,000+ people! #seagrantimpacts @whoi.edu
- Our favorite coastal activities rely on good #waterquality 🌊 and so do our #coastal ecosystems. Our jointly funded Cape Cod Cooperative Extension monitor water quality at 6 locations. Data livestream: seagrant.whoi.edu/regional-topics/wat… @whoi.edu
- #teachertuesday: More than 20 eighth graders from Falmouth's Lawrence School grabbed reusable grain bags, gloves, and "claws" to do beach cleanups at Trunk River, near WHOI's Quissett Campus. Later, using materials from the Cape Cod Trash Tote, (1/2)
- they learned about the sources and types of marine debris and the dangers it poses to marine life. Add the Cape Cod Trash Tote to your lineup of hands-on activities at summer camp, in the classroom and beyond! 🔗seagrant.whoi.edu/trash-tote/ #EduSky #teachmetuesday @whoi.edu
- Stopped to smell the roses lately? ☀️ The beach roses are in full bloom this month. Where do you go to show a little love to the colorful blooms and our favorite natural resource: the ocean?! Comment below. @whoi.ocean 📸: Poonam Narotam
- Did you know coastal hazards pose risks to 3 mil people in MA alone, and that the recovery could cost the state $1 billion by the 2050s-2070s? 👀 Alison Brazius, director of @massczm.bsky.social , shared these facts during her keynote speech at our 2025 Nantucket Coastal Conference. (1/2)
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View full threadThat's why we love hosting this conference: to create a space to chat about building a sustainable future together! Major thanks to our partners at the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, @townofnantucket.bsky.social , and @massczm.bsky.social who helped make this year a success. (3/3) @whoi.edu
- BONUS: You can access the presentations on our website: seagrant.whoi.edu/regional-top...
- Brazius emphasized the importance of resilient coast planning in Massachusetts, pointing to the state’s draft ResilientCoasts plan that describes actions the state and local communities can take to invest in resilience, avoiding the worst impacts and saving money doing it. (2/3)
- ♻️ Love the ocean? So do we. Help us keep it plastic-free by #recycling your #boat #shrinkwrap. Divert this single-use plastic from the landfill by dropping yours off here: seagrant.whoi.edu/community-engagemen… #plasticrecycling #capecod @whoi.edu
- ⁉️ We've been called the nurseries of the coastal waters. What are we? ⁉️
- If you guessed eelgrass meadows, you are right! They're are crucial to the health of coastal ecosystems and the planet, providing essential habitat for marine life. We're losing 2 football fields of them an hour across the globe. Enter researchers Jill Car, Forest Schenck, and Alison Frye, (2/3)
- who are working to better understand eelgrass restoration. Read a story about their WHOI Sea Grant funded research in our latest newsletter! 🔗 seagrant.whoi.edu/news-and-events/coa… (3/3) @whoi.edu
- 7th Grade Day in the Village is an ambitious undertaking for WHOI Sea Grant educator Grace Simpkins and her counterpart at NOAA Fisheries. Every year, they bring approximately 250 preteens from Falmouth's Lawrence Middle school to Woods Hole to (1/2)
- experience the “science behind a sustainable ocean.” This year, the students’ excitement was electrifying.. Read the full story in our latest newsletter! 🔗 seagrant.whoi.edu/news-and-events/coa… (2/2) @whoi.edu
