The Stone Living Lab seeks a data manager to work with its scientists at UMass Boston. As the Stone Living Lab (SLL) pursues its scientific mission, the principal investigators (PIs) and students involved are generating a wealth of data in a wide variety of formats. In order to maximize the use of our data across
Dr. Mark Borrelli UMass Boston This past winter, a Nor’easter (or extratropical storm) landed in Boston Harbor on December 23. This was part of a massive storm that affected the United States from the Midwest to the east coast and parts of Canada , disrupting trains, flights, and leaving over 1.5 million people without power.
In late March, Rebecca Shoer (Stone Living Lab), Elisabeth Colby (National Parks of Boston), and Holly Rosa (Boston Public Schools) joined thousands of science educators in Denver for the 2024 National Science Teaching Association Conference! The Lab team joined part of NSTA’s first “climate change” program track to present on the SLL Summer Teacher Institute.
by Rebecca Shoer Education & Engagement Program Manager This past year was an exciting one for Lab researchers, as our climate resilience work throughout Boston Harbor continues to grow and develop! Lab scientists collected data across the harbor, launched new projects, and developed new partnerships to expand our work with others around Boston and beyond.
中文版 | Spanish 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
2023 was an exciting year at the Lab! In addition to our research & monitoring work, our education & engagement team led many enriching programs and events, which you can read about below. We are thankful for all of our wonderful staff, advisors, and partners, and we look forward to 2024! Conference We began 2023
The following text and information originally appeared in SEASON 6, EPISODE 2 OF THE ENGINEERING WITH NATURE PODCAST on jun 28, 2023. 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
Kayla Bradley UMass Boston As part of the Stone Living Lab’s ongoing mission to collaborate with coastal communities, the University of Massachusetts Boston and the SLL staff began a new citizen/community science project to study the impact of coastal storm flooding in Boston. The project, Coastal Surge Investigators (CSI) is the third of a
By Lisa Allen The Boston Harbor Islands are a natural barrier to storm-driven waves and offer a perfect setting for research into nature-based methods for enhancing their protective features. As cities around the world look to seawalls and other costly, invasive structures to fend off rising oceans, superior fixes may be hiding in plain sight—just
June 2024 marked two years since the Lab’s cobble berms research, monitoring, and education project began. Over the course of the project thus far, staff from the Stone Living Lab, Duxbury Beach Reservation, and Woods Hole Group have led research, monitoring, and education efforts at cobble berm sites across coastal Massachusetts. The project has been