Events

Laura Ludwig, Director of the CCS Marine Debris & Plastics Program, will join Sara N. da Silva, Senior Restoration Ecologist with the Buzzards Bay Coalition, to discuss the cleanup and […]

This Twenty Summers event at Provincetown's Hawthorne Barn is part of Ecosystems & Imagination presented by CCS Scientist/Artist in Residence Mark Adams and in partnership with the Center for Coastal Studies. Coastal Landforms that make up the outer Cape are a constant work-in-progress (in glacial time and anthropogenic time). What do scientists know about sand […]

This Twenty Summer event is part of Ecosystems & Imagination presented by CCS Scientist/Artist in Residence Mark Adams and in partnership with the Center for Coastal Studies.  The field trip will meet at Center for Coastal Studies Kiosk at MacMillan Pier. Exploring Provincetown Harbor on a falling tide, we’ll look at storm tide pathways, the […]

This Twenty Summer event at the Hawthorne Barn in Provincetown is part of Ecosystems & Imagination presented by CCS Scientist/Artist in Residence Mark Adams and in partnership with the Center for Coastal Studies A multimedia experience of ocean readings from science, poetry, theater and survival manuals, video projections and audio, performed by actors and musicians […]

A new exhibition at Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Center for Coastal Studies. “Persistent Curiosity: Charting the Rippled Fabric of the Sea,” opens May 15 and runs through July 19. An opening reception is scheduled for May 22 at 6 pm.

Join the CCS Beach Brigade for our return to Marsh Island in Fairhaven to continue the work we started in the fall. This cleanup is slated for Saturday, May 16, […]

The opening reception for a  new exhibition at Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Center for Coastal Studies, “Persistent Curiosity: Charting the Rippled Fabric […]

Save the date! For five decades, the Center for Coastal Studies has advanced ocean science through independent research, long-term monitoring, and education, deepening our understanding of ocean ecosystems and the […]

Join the CCS Beach Brigade for our annual World Ocean Day Cleanup, this year slated for Monday, June 8, 2026. The Trash Tally may be held outdoors if weather allows. […]

Set in Provincetown, EROSIONS interweaves environmental dance, interviews, and archival materials to explore erosion as both a physical and cultural force. Developed through a residency of community workshops, local conversations, and field research in Provincetown, the film reflects on the ever-shifting landscape of the Cape as a visual metaphor for cultural pressures on queer memory, […]