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!

Stone Living Lab at the MBTA: Highlights from our Lunch and Learn

Lab staff recently presented on our current work at a Lunch and Learn organized by the MBTA’s Employee Sustainability Group.

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.

A group of students look closely at the ground on a beach

Funding Opportunity with Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School

Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School and Stone Living Lab invited proposals for curriculum development on Cathleen Stone Island!

Diving into Ocean Literacy

This past October, we joined the NEOSEC Ocean Literacy Summit, celebrating 20 years of ocean literacy!

Lab Co-Directors Share Nature-Based Insights with National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

Stone Living Lab Co-Directors Katie Dafforn and Joe Christo presented to members of the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators on two occasions recently.

Small snails crawling on a flat concrete surface

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.