How sponge cities offer a sustainable solution to rising sea levels | WBUR
Read or listen to WBUR's coverage of Professor Kongjian Yu's visit to Boston to learn about his visit with Stone Living Lab staff.
SLL StoryMap: The Blizzard of ’26
Read about observations from real-time monitoring in Boston Harbor and community impacts from local media coverage during the February 2026 Nor'easter in this new StoryMap developed by the Lab.
Call for Abstracts!
We are now accepting abstracts for our 2025 conference: Nature-based Resilience in Urban Coastal Settings!
Three Years of High Tides
Reflections on our Wicked High Tide program from our Education and Engagement Program Manager.
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.
Boston institutions, Stone Living Lab welcome “sponge city” global climate leader Kongjian Yu for inspiring two-day visit
Professor Kongjian Yu enjoyed a warm welcome on a two-day visit to Boston to share his “sponge city” vision for climate resiliency.
September Flooding Coverage
Coastal flooding this month brought renewed attention to Boston's vulnerability to high tides, and several news outlets featured the Lab's outreach efforts!
Discussing climate change with the next generation
Reflections on a summer spent working with and educating the next generation!