As Hurricane Irene approached Cape Cod in August 2011, scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution wanted to record how sand and sediment is transported during storms. They made devices using ladies’ nylon stockings. Leah Fine (left), an undergraduate Summer Student Fellow, and WHOI postdoctoral investigator Andrea Hawkes install their makeshift sand-catchers on signs and telephones along the barrier beach on Surf Drive in Woods Hole. (Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)[back]
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