Category: Seagrass

We found beautiful treasures from our ocean when we arrived at Pavillion Beach in Gloucester. Phil Colarusso had invited a group of ocean enthusiasts to

First Seagrass of the Season! APRIL 25, 2022 Following Holly at First Encounter Beach, Eastham, MA April 25, 2022 On this bright and sunny morning,

“The earth laughs in flowers.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson   Brad Peterson will be joining me as a guest speaker at my “Earth Laughs in Flowers”

Virginia Coast Reserve, a Long-Term Ecological Research site (VCR-LTER). South Bay is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by Wreck Island to the east and bordered

Festschrift to Fred Short What an honor to be invited to the special symposium honoring Fred Short. I knew Fred Short is the seagrass guru

As a kid I have snorkeled with those plastic goggles that you can buy from the toy stores. The only problem with the one size

  Another perfect day to be out with Alyssa Novak and her Live Blue Ambassadors!!! Today young marine ecologists were measuring Green Crabs, documenting their

  Discovering epiphytes on seagrass leaves is amazing! I never know if the organisms growing on the blades are mollusks, crustaceans or something else. In

New England Aquarium Lecture with Asha de Vos, May 12, 2018   It’s always a great day to be at the New England Aquarium,especially if

Revitalizing Ecosystems in Greater Boston to Survive Climate Change Mass Sierra Club, Harvard, March 31st, 2018   Phil Colarusso highlighting some of the potential threats

At the annual Eelgrass Conference , March 28th, USA EPA, Boston My first Eelgrass conference was just fantastic! Most of the scientific terms went above

Northeastern University, March 3rd, 2018   Super excited to hang out with W2O ladies at the Local Environmental Action conference. Got to hear an inspiring talk

So excited to hear that MA has it’s own legislative policies on Clean Energy. Went to this amazing meeting organized by Mass Sierra Club and

Cuppa Coffee, Traveller Street, Boston, MA 02118 July 6, 2017   Nigella Hillgarth talked effortlessly about penguins, climate change and environmental optimism at a W20

  EPA’s Phil Colarusso & Team in Nahant July 12, 2017 So lucky to be invited to actually look at what marine ecologist do in

  Billowing clouds were sitting up against a backdrop of cerulean blue sky as I pulled up by Marine Science Center in Natant. I was

    WHY PLANTS MATTER: Seagrass Is the Primary Food Source for Green Sea Turtles, Dugongs, and Manatees Meeting Harvard Fellow & Botanist, Barnabas Daru

It’s amazing how like terrestrial plants seagrass changes over the summer. With the warming water a lot more stuff has surrounded the seagrass; more epiphytes

August 19, 2016 Went to Faneuil Hall  to learn about Biomimicry as a part of Boston GreenFest. Looks like I need to do more research

  Fog, Algae, and a Different Kind of Seagrass with BU’s Alyssa Novak July 6, 2016 It was a foggy morning and I was very

   Meeting Fred Short & The Lab Tour at UNH July 5th, 2016 What do you ask a seagrass guru when you meet him for

Working in Morning Light More field work with the BU Novak Lab Team July 8, 2016 There is something all consuming about being in the

Marine Biology Lab, Woods Hole, Falmouth, MA “Ernst Haeckel’s Romantic Biology” Robert J. Richards, University of Chicago June 17th, 2016 Sitting in a corner of

  Gardening In the Water Conomo Point, Great Marsh, Essex, MA, June 8th, 2016 It feels amazing to be able to hold seagrass in my hands.