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.

Protective sea walls recently installed in East Boston already have tenants | Boston Globe

The Lab’s pilot Living Seawalls project, Managing Director Joe Christo, and UMass Boston researcher Jarrett Byrnes are featured by the Boston Globe, highlighting the site in East Boston and some of the residents already calling the spot home.

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!

Stone Living Lab Joins Museum of Science for Rise Up Weekend

The Lab joined our partners at the Museum of Science for their annual Rise Up: A Climate Event weekend!

05/13/2024 | Research

Opportunity: Research Fellow & Data Manager

We are seeking a research fellow and data manager to help us curate, manage, and make publicly accessible our data in a way that obeys FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse) best practices.

Two women on a rocky shore. One crouches and points at the ground, while another writes on a clipboard.
05/08/2024 | Research

Opportunity: Seasonal Biological Monitoring Technicians in the Byrnes Lab

The Byrnes lab at UMass Boston seeks multiple summer technician for work on biological monitoring of urban rocky shorelines in the Boston Harbor Islands in collaboration with the Stone Living Lab.

Cobble Berm Project Updates: Field Trips, Workshops, and more!

Learn more about cobble berm project education & engagement programs!