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Science 🤝 Community The residents of King Salmon, a coastal community in California, regularly experience flooding due to sea-level rise. A California Sea Grant-funded study found that community members are already creating their own strategies to deal with the changes. These findings underline the importance of engaging with local communities for creating effective climate adaptation strategies, as it helps uncover valuable, often overlooked knowledge about local conditions and needs. Read more: bit.ly/KingSalmonCA #SeaGrant #Science #Research #California #KingSalmon #flooding #SeaLevelRise #SLR #Climate #Environment #ClimateAdaptation #Coast #Ocean #CoastalCommunity #Resilience #Adaptation #Community #LocalKnowledge #TLK Photo of a person wearing waders and rain gear standing shin-deep in water that floods a road outside two homes.

On World Youth Skills Day, we celebrate the power of youth skills development and its impact on our communities and our planet. The recently announced Climate-Ready Workforce projects are designed to equip young people and people of all ages with the necessary skills to tackle the climate crisis and lead resilience efforts. Through hands-on training with wraparound services and real-world experience, these programs will prepare the next generation of critical workers in our evolving climate landscape. Learn more about the projects: seagrant.noaa.gov/crw #SeaGrant #NOAA #WorldYouthSkills Day #WorkforceDevelopment #CRW #ClimateReadyWorkforce #Climate #Resilience #Jobs #GoodJobs

This week, teachers set sail on Lake Erie for science! 🛳️ Through the Shipboard Science Workshop, educators work alongside researchers on the @EPA R/V Lake Guardian for a hands-on experience to bring back to the classroom. They’re exploring microplastics, phytoplankton, sediment and more. 🔬 Read about some of the educators onboard from @OhioSeaGrant: bit.ly/OH-SS-2024 @MISeaGrant: bit.ly/MI-SS-2024 @newyorkseagrant: bit.ly/NY-SS-2024 @PASeaGrant: bit.ly/PA-SS-2024 #SeaGrant #EPA #GreatLakes #LakesAppreciationMonth #LakeErie #Teachers #Educators #HandsOn #Education #Classroom #ProfessionalDevelopment #Research #Science #Environment

Researchers at MIT Sea Grant collaborated with Stonehill College and the Cohasset Center for Student Coastal Research to develop a new, interactive tool 🛠️ for marine debris visualization that explores the flow of debris from land 🏞️ to sea 🌊. Explore the tool at bit.ly/Marine-Debris-Tool #SeaGrant #PlasticFreeJuly #MarineDebris #Plastics #Environment #Research #DataVisualization #MIT #Massachusetts #Microplastic

Sharks are crucial to maintaining healthy ocean ecosystems by regulating prey populations and ensuring biodiversity, yet one-third of shark species face extinction. Read more about why sharks deserve our respect instead of our fear in this article by Texas Sea Grant: bit.ly/TXSGsharkweek24 Photo of a nurse shark swimming above a coral reef. #SeaGrant #SharkWeek #Science #MarineScience #Texas #Research #Students #Ocean #Coastal #Marine #Shark

It’s #SharkWeek! Take a bite out of shark science with Zeke Tuszynski’s fascinating research on blacktip sharks! Learn how these incredible predators migrate and their vital role in balancing our coastal ecosystems: https://lnkd.in/e3jFsNJR 🦈 📸: Zeke Tuszynski deploying a satellite tag on a captured blacktip shark; and detail of fin-mounted tag and hardware. Images by Dr. Stephen Kajiura. #SeaGrant #SharkWeek #Science #MarineScience #Florida #Research #Students #Scholar #Scholarship #GuyHarvey #Ocean #Coastal #Marine #Shark #BlacktipShark

S.C. Sea Grant Consortium’s Marine Debris: From Micro to Macro educator workshop is devoted to exploring marine debris, specifically plastics and microplastics. Through hands-on activities, field-based excursions, presentations, and group discussions, participants will explore topics such as the physical properties of plastics, the formation and impacts of microplastics, research on current and emerging issues, and stewardship opportunities. Participants will have the chance to assist in the creation of a brand-new marine debris education kit and curriculum that will be piloted during the 2024-2025 school year. This two-night, three-day workshop is offered free of charge to any K-12 formal or nonformal educator. Most meals and lodging will be provided free of charge at the cottages and dorms at Hobcaw Barony in Georgetown, S.C. Participants will be eligible for 15 renewal credits. All workshop slots have currently been filled, but a waitlist is available. Please reach out to E.V. Bell, Marine Education Specialist, at mailto:elizabeth.bell@scseagrant.org to join the waitlist. #SeaGrant #MarineDebris #SouthCarolina #Microplastics #Plastics #PlasticFreeJuly #Education #Workshop

Sea Grant wishes you a happy and safe #FourthofJuly! 🎆 If you’re firing up the grill🍴 today, check out these summertime salmon burgers from Washington Sea Grant: https://lnkd.in/ebsxqZwh #SeaGrant #Summer #Seafood #Fish #Recipe #Grilling #Salmon #Burgers

Why go plastic bag free? Plastic bags are one item that can turn into microplastics in the environment. 🌎 Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant funded research examined how 🐟 larvae are impacted by exposure to microplastics. Read the results: https://lnkd.in/et979j2D #SeaGrant #InternationalPlasticBagFreeDay #Plastics #Microplastics #Environment #Research #Fish #PlasticFreeJuly

This week is Clean Beaches Week! 🏖️ Sea Grant addresses marine debris across the nation’s beaches in part through community action coalitions. For example, WHOI Sea Grant is working with coastal tourism businesses to shift away from single-use plastics. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ejJmkQ-t #SeaGrant #CleanBeachesWeek #Beaches #Beach #MarineDebris #Litter #Coasts #Coastal #Tourism #PlasticFreeJuly