Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium MASGC
Most afternoons when I get home from work, my husband will ask me, “What did you do today?” My standard answer is, “I got to play in the woods.” I did not grow up playing sports like many children. I have never been what anyone would call...
Read MoreGulf sturgeon recently made the news when University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Researcher Mike Andres, Ph.D., and his team detected a 5-foot-long, 17-year-old fish near Jackson, Mississippi, using acoustic telemetry. Sturgeon are anadromous,...
Read MoreWe had just finished a hands-on activity looking at the effects of melting land ice (ice located on land) and sea ice (ice floating in the water) on sea level rise, and this young man looked dumbstruck. Prior to the start of the experiment, we have...
Read MoreFloating trash-collecting tools named Litter Gitters have been deployed at several locations in Mississippi coastal waters since December, and the project leader, Eric Sparks of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and Mississippi State...
Read MoreMany of us have heard the term “resilience” used in multiple contexts over the years. After big storms and hurricanes, we hear about making our coasts resilient to damage. After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, we heard about helping our...
Read MoreAs Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant celebrates 50 years of service to coastal communities, it is worth acknowledging the legislative foundations that inform Sea Grant’s work and mission. A lot has changed over the decades, but one constant that has...
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