MIT Sea Grant

At the edge of an eelgrass bed, rocky sandy sediments appear in the foreground. Organic buildup of sediments under the vegetation can also be seen.

Green eelgrass, blue carbon

MIT Sea Grant is working with several partners to quantify the carbon storage of eelgrass beds in Massachusetts.

February 29, 2016

MIT Sea Grant students help develop climate-change plan for Chelsea

July 6, 2015

Nominations open for Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization

Deadline for submissions is Nov. 29.

November 1, 2012

Radon/nitrate mapping system used by Matt Charette and Henrieta Dulaiova in their research.

Using new technology to measure nitrogen in coastal surface waters

MIT Sea Grant-funded researcher, Matt Charette, is addressing the degradation of coastal waters in New England.

April 3, 2012

Illustration of pathways around a bunch of islands

Sometimes the quickest path is not a straight line

New methods and software developed at MIT can predict optimal paths for automated underwater vehicles.

March 8, 2012

Dean A. Horn Award winner, Katy Olesnavage, and Stelios Ioannou from The Cyprus Institute on board data acquisition flight along the Cyprus coast.

Olesnavage wins 2012 Dean A. Horn Award

Undergraduate lays the groundwork for detection of submarine groundwater discharge in Cyprus.

February 3, 2012

Blue Lobster Bowl 2011 champions from Lexington High School.

MIT Sea Grant to host 15th annual Blue Lobster Bowl Feb. 4

One hundred twenty high school students to convene at MIT for the regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl

January 12, 2012

Based on simulations, the researchers have developed a manufacturing technique that can combine multiple modules as shown above. Here, three modules are mounted on a base of silicon rubber. The overall unit bends freely, so it can conform and adhere tightly to a curved surface such as the outside of a pipe. Despite their proximity, the three modules operate independently with no interference.

Helping robots hold on

MIT researchers design a ‘controllable adhesion system’ for underwater robots.

November 10, 2011

'Lateral lines' in fish contain hundreds of tiny pressure and velocity sensors that enable them to navigate through currents and eddies as efficiently as possible. To mimic that ability, MIT researchers have developed inexpensive, sensitive MEMS-based pressure sensors and mounted them on a small experimental vessel in a pattern that replicates the distribution of the lateral lines.

Going with the flow

Biomimetic pressure sensors help guide oceangoing vessels.

November 9, 2011

People on a boat lowering a submersible vehicle

Navigating blindfolded

Advanced mathematical techniques enable AUVs to survey large, complex and cluttered seascapes.

November 8, 2011

AUVs: From idea to implementation

One day, researchers predict, these robots will be able to do tasks without a human in the loop.

November 7, 2011

Stormwater outfall into Kingston harbor.

MIT Sea Grant contributes to stormwater monitoring effort in Kingston, Mass.

Coastal ecologist Juliet Simpson heads up nutrient sampling component.

October 21, 2011

Nominations now open for Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization

Submission deadline for applicants to the two-year, $25,000 chair is Nov. 16.

October 20, 2011

MIT Sea Grant Ocean Science Interns, Susanna Elledge and Dave Mathews, sampling at Spectacle Island.

Boston Harbor Islands environmental monitoring effort aided by MIT Sea Grant interns

Elledge and Matthews collect and contribute to larger effort to observe and define changes on the islands' shores.

September 9, 2011

This map indicates relative risk from ecoregions outside the northeastern United States, evenly weighting ballast water volume sourced from a region and number of ships from that region. Red represents the highest risk and yellow the lowest risk. Ecoregions in white did not source any ships with a destination in the northeast United States [Sources: Basemap: NOAA 2011; Ecoregions: Spalding 2007].

Undergraduate develops method to predict spread of marine invasive species

August 19, 2011

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