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To make the biggest impact, plastic use should be decreased
By the year 2050, an estimated 12,000 metric tons of plastic waste will reside in landfills and the natural environment. This estimation is made...
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Popular Master Naturalist courses build volunteer base for the environment
As you are all aware, spring is in full effect and its starting to feel like early summer. Wildflowers are blooming and we can thank a couple pine...
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Our Sea Grant program has supported 1,000+ students
The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium has a long history of supporting graduate and undergraduate students in fields related to coastal and...
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Our education programs take kids outside
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...
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Sturgeon-based lessons connect inland areas to Mississippi Sound
Gulf sturgeon recently made the news when University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Researcher Mike Andres, Ph.D., and his team detected a...
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Misconceptions, experiential education and Sea Grant
We 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)...
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What does resilience mean? At MASGC, it can mean everything!
Many of us have heard the term resilience used in multiple contexts over the years. After big storms and hurricanes, we hear about making our...
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Legal program offers expertise in policy, law research
Sea Grant brings together experts from scientific, economic and legal professions to improve the quality of our coasts. And has done so for 50...
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Were celebrating 50 years of Sea Grant
We are kicking off a special year at the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium. During 2022, we will be celebrating our 50th anniversary, and...
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