11/22/2024 | Education, Research

Press Release: North America’s first-ever Living Seawalls habitat panels installed by Stone Living Lab at two Boston Harbor sites

North America’s first-ever “Living Seawalls” panels were installed by the Stone Living Lab at two locations on Boston Harbor this month. The panels are specially designed to create habitat for marine life to flourish on what would otherwise be inhospitable flood barriers.

Snails, mussels and seaweed: Boston project aims to bring life to barren seawalls | WBUR

The Lab's pilot Living Seawalls project, Managing Director Joe Christo, and UMass Boston researcher Jarrett Byrnes are featured by WBUR, highlighting how new engineering designs can help "green the gray" along Boston's shoreline.

September Flooding Coverage

Coastal flooding this month brought renewed attention to Boston's vulnerability to high tides, and several news outlets featured the Lab's outreach efforts!

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.

Discussing climate change with the next generation

Reflections on a summer spent working with and educating the next generation!

Growing and Learning with the Teacher Institute

Find out about the adventures of this year's Summer Teacher Institute!

Boston should expect 12 to 19 days of high-tide flooding next year, per NOAA | WBUR

The Lab’s Managing Director Joe Christo is featured in a WBUR story about NOAA's annual report projecting the number of days Boston can expect to experience high-tide flooding in 2025.

Preliminary Research Findings From Stone Living Lab Cobble Berms Project

Read preliminary research findings from Lab's Cobble Berms project!

That’s a Wrap! Cobble Berms Education and Outreach Pilot

Our two-year cobble berm outreach project has come to a close!