10/17/2025

Field Observations: Real-Time Data from the October 12-14th Nor’easter

During the most recent Nor'Easter our team at the Stone Living Lab was busy gathering and analyzing data via instrumentation we've deployed as part of our Climate Change Observatory.

10/01/2025

Remembering Kongjian Yu

The Stone Living Lab lost a dear and inspirational friend last month when Kongjian Yu died in a plane crash in Brazil.

Living Seawalls in Practice: A Workshop on Science-Informed Design in California

The Stone Living Lab's Co-Director Katie Dafforn presents to the Living Seawalls workshop in San Francisco.

Efforts to Protect Harbor from Floods Lifted by $10M Donation | State House News Service

With several “king tides” in the near-term forecast, the Stone Foundation is donating $10 million over the next five years to help a local lab expand its work on nature-based methods of adapting places like Boston Harbor to flooding from climate change.

Watch out for the ‘wicked high’ king tides this week at Boston Harbor | Boston.com

The tides are scientifically known as perigean spring tides and are caused by a combination of the moon’s orbit and phases.

‘Wicked high tides’ are returning, bringing coastal flooding to Boston’s shore and the rest of New England | Boston Globe

Experts warn Boston’s king tides offer a glimpse of future flooding in a warming world

A woman kneeling on granite steps, holding a meter stick in the surrounding floodwaters.

Wicked High Tides are coming to Boston!

This fall, Boston will experience a spectacular tidal event: the Perigean Spring Tides (also called King Tides). These “wicked high tides” result in high tides that are 2-4 feet higher than normal. This natural phenomenon occurs a few times each year, and gives us a window into how sea level rise will soon start affecting our daily lives.

Living Seawalls Wins 2025 Eureka Prize for Environmental Research

The Stone Living Lab is so proud of our partners at Living Seawalls for winning this year's Eureka Prize for Environmental Research. 

Exploring Nature-Based Coastal Innovation: Reflections from the Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems in Hong Kong

The Stone Living Lab's Co-Director Katie Dafforn presents to the International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems (BECoME) in Hong Kong.