The ocean absorbs about a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. When this carbon dioxide dissolves in seawater, it results in ocean acidification, affecting many ocean species like corals, lobsters, and oysters that make shells and skeletons by combining calcium and carbonate from seawater. However, understanding the effects of ocean acidification is challenging […]| MIT Sea Grant
MIT Sea Grant supports small coastal and marine related projects through STREAM Awards — Solutions Through Research, Education & Art in Massachusetts. MIT Sea Grant is now accepting proposals for the STREAM Awards program, open to a broad array of Massachusetts applicants. STREAM Grants support innovative projects that align with MIT Sea Grant’s Strategic Plan, including: […] The post Now Open: STREAM Awards Request for Proposals appeared first on MIT Sea Grant.| MIT Sea Grant
The LOBSTgER research initiative at MIT Sea Grant explores how generative AI can expand scientific storytelling by building on field-based photographic data. Can you spot the real photo? One of these blue shark images was captured 30 nautical miles off the coast of Cape Cod; the other was generated by LOBSTgER’s diffusion models after 30,000 […]| MIT Sea Grant
MIT Sea Grant provides competitive funding opportunities through our Core Request For Proposals (RFP) open to Massachusetts research scientists who seek to address marine issues in ways that benefit the Commonwealth. We talked with funded researcher Zhongqi Chen about the project, Advancing an Underwater Video Fish Counting System with Deep Learning and Integration with Volunteer […]| MIT Sea Grant