Mar 23, 2026 | PRESS
For the fourth consecutive year, the Center for Coastal Studies’ Marine Debris and Plastics Program (CCS MDPP) will host students and their professor from Cornell University for a week-long residency March 29th through April 4th, during which they will learn the...
Mar 9, 2026 | PRESS
Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) aerial observers marked an important annual milestone today, with the season’s first sighting of North Atlantic right whale mothers and their calves in Cape Cod Bay. This was the busiest survey of the season so far, with an...
Mar 4, 2026 | PRESS
Starting March 27 and extending through the month of April, the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) offers guided whale walks along the beaches of Provincetown. “Cape Cod is one of the best places on Earth to watch whales from shore. It’s not uncommon for them to swim...
Mar 3, 2026 | PRESS
The Center for Coastal Studies’ popular Napi’s Winter Lecture Series concludes on Wednesday, March 25, at 5 pm with Dr. Katie Castagno, Director of the Center’s Land-Sea Interaction Program. Dr. Castagno will speak about “The Land-Sea Interaction Program Through...
Feb 27, 2026 | PRESS
Coinciding with World Seagrass Day on March 1, researchers at the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) have announced the release of a new seagrass monitoring protocol they hope will greatly expand seagrass research around the world. Seagrass is a vital natural resource...
Feb 17, 2026 | PRESS
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is working under a NOAA Sea Grant award to investigate impacts of ghost fishing gear (net and rope) on cultural heritage, specifically on submerged cultural heritage such as shipwrecks, and to develop means to remove the gear and...