The Spring-Summer 2019 issue of Wrack Lines magazine has received a prestigious Grand Award in the APEX 2020 Annual Awards for Publication Excellence competition.
Climate Change
Marsh migration research paved way for new NOAA fellow
The contrasting conditions in this short wooded stretch at Hammonasset Beach State Park may be easy for beachgoers to overlook, but Mary Schoell has given it countless hours of attention over the past two years.
Summer Environmental Education Academy announced
Connecticut educators are invited to participate in FE3: Facilitating Excellence in Environmental Education, Climate Simulation Workshop and Resources professional development program from July 14 to 16.
CT Sea Grant shares three articles for Earth Day 50
Connecticut Sea Grant Communications Coordinator Judy Benson reflects on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in three articles published in media outlets on April 19, 20 and 21.
Grant will fund creation of climate impacts video
Adapt CT, an outreach partnership of CT Sea Grant and CLEAR, has been awarded a $2,978 grant to fund a student intern to work on a video about climate change in Connecticut.
Workshop on managed retreat rescheduled
“Managed Retreat in the Age of Climate Change,” a workshop that will be hosted by Connecticut Sea Grant and the UConn Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR), has been rescheduled to Nov. 13 due to the COVID-19 virus.
‘Birds and Bees’ landscaping symposium canceled
The March 26 symposium, “The Birds and The Bees: What Your Mother Didn’t Tell You,” sponsored by the Rockfall Foundation and Connecticut Sea Grant, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus.
“The Serengeti Rules” to be shown at Avery Point on Feb. 20
A free screening of a spectacular film about hope for the future of ecosystems on Earth will be shown from 7 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 20 in the auditorium at UConn Avery Point.
Research relieves concerns about conditions for LIS shellfish
Worrisome questions about whether plastic pollution and changing water chemistry are affecting Long Island Sound’s edible shellfish got some reassuring – though qualified – answers at a meeting of Connecticut’s municipal shellfish commissions on Jan. 11.
Having 20/20 vision about climate change in 2020
In an op-ed article published in the Dec. 29, 2019, edition of The Day, Connecticut Sea Grant Communications Coordinator Judy Benson says the year 2020 can be a time for being clear-sighted about what climate change means now and in the future.