Stone Living Lab Launches Major Expansion of Network That Monitors MA Coastal Conditions and Tracks Flooding
10 new flood sensors, 2 new offshore wave buoys expand the Lab’s Real-Time Monitoring Network’s climate data collection.
Tufts Professor Farshid Vahedifard and team joined the Stone Living Lab Research and Monitoring Committee
Professor Farshid Vahedifard and members of his research group from Tufts University joined the Stone Living Lab for a meeting where both labs shared previous and current research projects.
Real-Time Monitoring Field Observations: February 1, 2026
Due to Perigean Spring Tides and an offshore storm, overland flooding was observed at Tenean Beach in Dorchester. Read about what the Lab's Climate Change Observatory sensors picked up during these weather events!
A December Visit from MIT’s Self-Assembly and Nepf Labs to the Stone Living Lab
Researchers from MIT's Self-Assembly Lab and Nepf Lab shared their work with the Stone Living Lab in an afternoon of research exchange, providing insights on how Living Seawalls panels could help reduce wave overtopping, and more.
How technology could help predict flooding | BBC News
The Stone Living Lab’s Real-time Monitoring Network, which includes Hohonu overland flood sensors installed throughout Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor Islands, was featured by BBC News.
One year in, sea creatures have turned the Seaport’s ‘living seawall’ into a home | WBUR
For the past year, scientists with the Stone Living Lab at UMass have been watching sea creatures take over a previously flat, concrete wall.
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.
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.