Undergraduate Interns studying carbon flux, trace metals, and nutrient contamination in the Neponset River and Estuary
This summer, two undergraduate researchers have joined the Stone Living Lab!
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.
The Engineering with Nature Podcast: Nature-Based Coastal Resilience in Urban Settings
The City of Boston is experiencing climate change and taking action to build urban resiliency through their Climate Ready Boston initiative. In Season 6, Episode 2 of the EWN® Podcast, Host Sarah Thorne is joined by Co-host Andrew McQueen, Research Biologist in the Environmental Laboratory of the Engineer Research and Development Center, USACE, and Joe Christo, Managing Director of the Stone Living Lab in Boston, Massachusetts.
New Grad Students Join the Lab!
We're thrilled to welcome two new graduate students to the Lab! Daniel Lopez and Curtis Morris will be researching the intertidal zone with SLL researcher Jarrett Byrnes.
Having Fun-ology with Fifth Graders
This spring, SLL and National Parks Service (NPS) staff created and piloted a series of brand-new lessons with fifth graders at Samuel Adams Elementary in East Boston. We used phenology to answer the question: "How do we know something is changing?"
Welcoming Summer Staff!
This year we are thrilled to welcome two summer staff members to the Lab: Sarah Hope and Daria Healey! They are joining the Education and Engagement team to bring our programming to all kinds of events and communities this summer, as well as supporting our second Teacher Institute
Sharing Nature-based Approaches with Communities
Join the Stone Living Lab, Woods Hole Group, Duxbury Beach Reservation, and MA Office of Coastal Zone Management for one of four educational field trips this season!
Boston Harbor Educators Workshop 2023
Reflections from our second annual Educators Workshop.
Cobble Berm Monitoring Project Update: Focus Group Kickoff!
Woods Hole Group, the SLL, and MA Coastal Zone Management hosted two focus groups to help guide our work in education and outreach for coastal resilience professionals!
Park Service Director Charles Sams Joins Keynote Panel at 2023 Conference
The Stone Living Lab is thrilled to announce Charles Sams, Director of the National Park Service will join our keynote panel on Indigenous knowledge at our 2023 Conference, Nature-Based Coastal Resilience in Urban Settings.