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.
The Stone Living Lab is so proud of our partners at Living Seawalls for winning this year's Eureka Prize for Environmental Research.
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.
In this week-long course, we explore the intersection of place-based learning, participatory science, and climate change within the local context of Boston Harbor. Read on to see what we did each day!
The Stone Living Lab's UMass Boston graduate team presents at the International Temperate Reefs Symposium (ITRS) in Brest, France.
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The Stone Living Lab and our partners at the City of Boston were featured in a recent article from The Guardian about climate resilience efforts in Boston.
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The Stone Living Lab Education Team got a close up look at local research being done to protect and restore native eelgrass.