The Stone Living Laboratory, a partnership of the University of Massachusetts Boston, National Park Service, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA), Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the City of Boston, and Boston Harbor Now, has announced the award of three research grants to study the social and economic impacts of
If you were unable to attend the Stone Living Lab’s 2023 conference, Nature-Based Coastal Resilience in Urban Settings, or would like to hear our plenary speakers again, you can now watch the recordings of our plenary talks and panels! For the 250+ participants and attendees, the conference offered a bounty of ideas and inspiration for
Lucy Lockwood is a coastal ecology doctoral student in the University of Massachusetts Marine Science and Technology Program and an Instructor at UMass Boston. Lucy’s research centers on identifying design parameters for coastal protection structures that improve habitat support for ecologically important marine organisms. She is also a Project Partner with a USGS-NPS team developing
By Rebecca Shoer 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
Stone Living Lab Managing Director Joe Christo is featured in the Bay State Banner for a story about coastal flooding at Tenean Beach in Dorchester. Read the story below. At Tenean Beach, city, state pull from nature’s toolbox to address coastal flood paths | Bay State Banner By Avery Bleichfeld | February 28, 2024 As
Check out the new op-ed in CommonWealth Magazine written by Stone Living Lab Managing Director Joe Christo and Boston Harbor Now CEO & President Kathy Abbott about Boston prioritizing nature-based approaches to climate change. Adapting to water rather than fighting it BY Joe christo & kathy abbott | october 31, 2022 Ten years ago, Superstorm
New Innovative and Collaborative Ecosystem As coastal communities face increasing climate-related threats, a new innovative and collaborative ecosystem has launched that aims to become a global hub for testing and scaling up nature-based solutions in the high-energy environment of the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park. The Stone Living Lab is a partnership of
By Rebecca Shoer Education and Engagement Program Manager This spring, the Stone Living Lab (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. Like our 2022 lessons, this series explored place-based citizen science and climate learning answering the essential
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.