sea level rise
![Two young students put up a sign to help visualize the projected future sea level rise.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Ocean-Month-600x320.jpg)
World Ocean Month: Tides Are Changing
by Lauren Knierim Covering over 70 percent of Earth, the world’s oceans play a crucial role in our daily lives. […]
![A side-by-side comparison through the years of Sand Beach in Acadia National Park.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sand-Beach-Then-and-Now-photo-credits-600x320.jpg)
The Future (Sea Level) Is Here
by Catherine Schmitt, Science Communication Specialist This was not unexpected. We’ve been paying close attention to tides, and working with […]
![cardboard stencil of three wavy lines. the top line mirrors the profile of Mount Desert Island](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/stencilcut-600x320.jpeg)
Coast Lines
by Catherine Schmitt Since 2019, we have been monitoring the effects of sea level rise on Mount Desert Island. We […]
![Group of high school students walk across rocky beach on Mount Desert Island, with view of horizon and ocean in background. To the left, a school bus is parked beyond a rocky beach.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20221027_122622-600x320.jpg)
Imagining the Future Shore with MDI High School
by Catherine Schmitt This fall and winter, we worked with students in Mount Desert Island High School’s Honors Environmental Science […]
![a high tide gets close to a roadway and floods the edge of a forest](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMGP0890-600x320.jpg)
Watching the tide and measuring the rising sea
by Catherine Schmitt Tides are highest (and lowest) during full and new moons, when the moon and sun – and […]
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It’s King Tide season
by Catherine Schmitt “King Tides” are the monthly high tides that occur during the new and full moons. They are […]
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Paying attention to wicked high tides
by Catherine Schmitt “King Tides” are the monthly high tides that occur during the new and full moons. They are […]