Summer 2026 Sea Star
A new issue of our biannual magazine is here!
Through our Sea Star magazine, Washington Sea Grant shares highlights from our research, outreach, and education programs.
Our summer 2026 issue features a deep dive into The Mysterious World of Bull Kelp, a webstory rich in art and imagery that shines a light on the West Coast’s underwater canopies; a review of the many successes of the Coastal Hazards Organizational Resilience Team’s first biennium; a look at the first cohort of WSG’s new Coastal Resilience Fellowship; a recap of the Washington Fishermen’s Convention, WSG’s new effort to celebrate Washington’s commercial fishing community; and an exploration of a new WSG and UW Climate Impacts Group collaboration, the Summer Learning Institute for emerging environmental professionals.
WSG welcomes new Science Communications Fellow Emily Bjornsgard
My name is Emily Bjornsgard, and I am so excited to join Washington Sea Grant as the Spring/Summer Graduate Science Communications Fellow! I am currently pursuing a master’s degree at Western Washington University, where I am examining the effects of diatom-derived polyunsaturated aldehydes (chemical compounds) on the survival and feeding abilities of larval forage fishes here in the Salish Sea.
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The new Washington Sea Grant Coastal Resilience Fellowship builds capacity and careers on the Pacific coast
When Rich Desanto applied for the new Washington Sea Grant (WSG) Coastal Resilience Fellowship, he was looking for a change. After nine years in Seattle, mostly spent in grad school and weathering the COVID-19 pandemic, Desanto was feeling priced out of the city and unsettled in his career in landscape architecture.
Read moreWSG welcomes new Science Communications Fellow Seiler Grubb
My name is Seiler Grubb, I usually go by Sei, and I am very excited to work with Washington Sea Grant as an undergraduate Science Communications fellow for the spring of 2026.
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WSG welcomes first Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Fellow
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to share that PhD candidate Mariah Ricci is the first Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Fellow!
As the ocean absorbs excess carbon dioxide from greenhouse gases, it becomes more acidic, causing harm to marine functions and ecosystems.
An Olympic orientation: UW Climate Impacts Group and Washington Sea Grant pilot a learning institute for emerging environmental professionals
Many job orientations start in a lobby or a conference room. This one began at the scars left by a dam and wound its way to the mouth of a great river.
Read moreShake out! Don’t freak out! Reflections from a WSG fellow on the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Great ShakeOut Drill
By Madeleine Lucas, WSG Coastal Resilience Fellow
On October 16 at 10:16 a.m., Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe (SBIT) community members and staff participated in the Great ShakeOut Drill by practicing “Drop, Cover, and Hold” and walking their tsunami evacuation routes.
Read moreWSG Puget Sound Science Research Fellowship launches with two new fellows
Congratulations to our new WSG Puget Sound Science Research Fellows!
We are excited to announce that Gabe Diephuis and Isaac Olson have been awarded the new WSG Puget Sound Science Research Fellowship!
WSG welcomes inaugural cohort of Coastal Resilience Fellows
Congratulations to our new WSG Coastal Resilience Fellows!
We are pleased to announce that recent graduates Anabel Baker, Elyse Kelsey, Madeleine Lucas and Rich Desanto have been awarded the Washington Sea Grant (WSG) Coastal Resilience Fellowship for 2025–2027.
Meet Danielle Mantz, 2025-2026 WSG Keystone Fellow
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to announce that Danielle Mantz, a current graduate student at Virginia Tech, has been selected as the 2025-2026 WSG Keystone Fellow. Danielle will be working with host Puget Sound Partnership.
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