Save the Date for the next Speaker Series Program:

“Life Cycle of an Oyster and how Coastal Acidification affects this important reef builder”

March 4, 2025

Join us for the next Surge Speaker Series event featuring Liv Woods and John Cigliano from the Mass Oyster Project at the Newburyport Senior/Community Center at 7 pm on Tuesday, March 4, 2025

These environmentalists are cleaning up used oysters shells to help save the ocean and reduce waste. - Boston Globe

The Power of Oysters - Richard Lodge

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Climate Change Lab Pilot Project Fundraiser

Storm Surge is requesting your support for our collaboration with Change is Simple, a nonprofit that teaches sustainability & climate issues to children in a way that lights them up and shows them their own power to make a difference in their world is possible. This pilot project brings Change is Simple’s Climate Change Mobile Lab to 2nd and 4th graders during the 2024-25 academic year. Change is Simple will deliver this pilot program on-site at the Bresnahan and Molin schools through its customized mobile laboratory program, Sustainability & Climate Innovation Learning Lab (SCiLL).

Our pilot collaboration with Change is Simple, is a vital next step to engage the next generation in understanding and effectively addressing our rapidly changing environment through innovative climate change education.

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Ice and Sand

This new video in our series describes how the powerful glacial and climatic events that took place during the last episode of the 2.6 million years of what is called the Ice Age formed the geologic features of Newburyport’s modern coastline.

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Consider a donation to support our mission.

Storm Surge is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that runs with a small budget. While volunteers provide our manpower, we do still incur some operating expenses that we must cover with donations. If you’d like to help support our goal to raise awareness to climate change and local resiliency challenges, a your tax-deductible donation would be greatly appreciated!

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