http://oceans.mit.edu Striving to understand, harness and sustain Earth's defining frontier. Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:00:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3 http://seagrant.mit.edu/press_releases.php?nwsID=667 http://seagrant.mit.edu/press_releases.php?nwsID=667#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://seagrant.mit.edu/press_releases.php?nwsID=667 2018 Nominations are due May 10th All MIT undergraduates from any department are eligible. An award of $1000 and a certificate will be presented at the end of May. Dean A. Horn was Director of MIT Sea Grant from 1975 to 1982. The Award originated upon his retirement in 1983, when friends and colleagues established the award in his name to honor and perpetuate Horn's many contributions to undergraduate marine education: his spirit of service, creativity, pursuit of excellence, and tireless application to research. How To Nominate: Nomination of candidates is by letter from the student's faculty supervisor and must be accompanied by the student's research report. Students are encouraged to ask their faculty supervisor for a nomination. Final selection will be made by Sea Grant Director Michael Triantafyllou, in consultation with members of the Sea Grant Advisory Committee. 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It is led by a steering committee including Parker Gassett, Esperanza Stancioff, and Aaron Strong (UMaine), Katie O’Brien-Clayton (CT Dept of Energy and Environmental Protection), Kristin DeRosia-Banick (CT Dept of Ag), Carolina Bastidas (MIT Sea Grant), Beth Turner (NOAA), Jason Grear and Adam Pimenta (EPA), and Ru Morrison and Kelly Canesi (NERACOOS).]]> http://oceans.mit.edu/mit/mit-sea-grant/mit-sea-grant-hosts-ocean-and-coastal-acidification-citizen-science-monitoring-workshop-may-10th/feed 0 http://seagrant.mit.edu/press_releases.php?nwsID=664 http://seagrant.mit.edu/press_releases.php?nwsID=664#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://seagrant.mit.edu/press_releases.php?nwsID=664 Ocean and Coastal Acidification (OCA) Monitoring: Training Webinars for Citizen Scientists Join us for a webinar to discuss the role of citizen scientists in ocean and coastal acidification (OCA) monitoring. Researchers have found that local conditions are a major factor affecting vulnerability to coastal acidification. Different locations will be affected by acidification in different ways, and collaboration among local research and citizen science groups is needed for regional action. Citizen science programs and researchers can take steps now to help protect marine environments from ocean and coastal acidification. The webinar will introduce a discussion about the importance of engaging in ocean and coastal acidification monitoring right now. Calibration and Collaboration 10 AM, April 18th Click here to register! This is the second in a two part series. The first webinar: Where and Why: Citizen Science in OCA Monitoring took place on March 30th and was archived in the NECAN website. Please help spread the word about these webinars and the important role of citizen science in monitoring ocean and coastal acidification. This webinar will also be archived on the NECAN website for later viewing.]]> http://oceans.mit.edu/mit/mit-sea-grant/ocean-acidificaiton-training-webinar-for-citizen-science-monitoring-programs-april-30th/feed 0 http://seagrant.mit.edu/press_releases.php?nwsID=666 http://seagrant.mit.edu/press_releases.php?nwsID=666#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://seagrant.mit.edu/press_releases.php?nwsID=666 Join the City Nature Challenge Delectable Oyster Quest on iNature MIT Sea Grant worked with the City Nature Challenge to develop the Delectable Oyster Quest. In this quest, you will explore the marine biome along the Greater Boston Coast, counting oysters to help determine whether our native Eastern oyster is holding its own, or whether the exotic European oysters truly are taking over. We need to know the relative abundance of both species and compare their population density across various habitats and substrates to determine the extent of the non-native spread and its potential effects in this biome. Oysters play several important ecosystem roles: they provide habitat for marine organisms, they filter the water in our harbor, and they are an important food source. Due to their influential ecosystem role, these oysters are considered bioindicators. Studying their abundance and distribution in relation to urban and less urban habitats will give us important information on the health and pollutants of our marine ecosystems. Read More About the Quest MIT Sea Grant is hosting a City Nature Quest at Winthrop Beach Host: MIT Sea Grant coastal ecologists Carolina Bastidas, Juliet Simpson When: Sunday April 29, 2018 4 pm Where: Constitution Beach in Winthrop (or Orient Heights Beach) which is close to the T station with the same name. Meeting towards the skating rink end of the beach. We will be doing the Delectable Oysters Data quest and recording biodiversity along our way. Be prepared for some wind and sun and bring shoes that can get wet. Field Guide for the Easter Oyster and The European Flat Oyster Data Collection Packet]]> http://oceans.mit.edu/mit/mit-sea-grant/city-nature-challenge-delectable-oysters-quest-april-27-30/feed 0 https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/delectable-oysters https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/delectable-oysters#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/delectable-oysters http://oceans.mit.edu/mit/mit-sea-grant/earth-day-quest-delectable-oysters/feed 0