Update: Ocean and Coastal Acidification in 海角社区 project
Master鈥檚 student Parker Gassett provides an update on a Mitchell Center-funded project titled 鈥Ocean and Coastal Acidification in 海角社区: Expanding Community Resilience Through Citizen Science, Outreach, and Education.鈥 The project is led by Aaron Strong, assistant professor, School of Marine Sciences and Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow. Gassett, a dual Marine Policy/Marine Biology major, is a team member on the project.
Reports Gassett, 鈥淚n the past few weeks we have presented with the Mid Atlantic Coastal Acidification Network through their webinar series鈥, Minute 8鈥攁nd, on December 13, I joined a call and presented our work with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 through the Regional Tribal Organizations conference call led by the EPA.鈥 Gassett’s topic was Community Monitoring and Citizen Science.鈥
鈥淭here has been much enthusiasm regarding this project,鈥 Gassett notes. 鈥淚mportantly, materializing for Spring, 2018, are tractable improvements for Ocean Acidification education & outreach and citizen science participation in Coastal Acidification monitoring.鈥