Dr. Michelle Fournet to Discuss Bioacoustics in Marine Mammal Research
The Napi’s Winter Lecture Series concludes on Wednesday, March 19 at 5 pm with Dr. Michelle Fournet of the University of New Hampshire who will deliver a talk titled “Ecology with our eyes shut: using bioacoustics to better understand marine mammal behavior and...
With New Tools, CCS Leads Global Efforts to Conserve Seagrass
March 1st is World Seagrass Day, but in an office of the geology department at the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) in Provincetown, it might be argued that every day is World Seagrass Day. Called the “forgotten ecosystem,” seagrass is a vital natural resource that...
Hull Students Turn Ocean Trash into Treasured Artwork
Superintendent Michael Jette and Principal Kyle Shaw are pleased to share that a thought-provoking student art installation using ocean trash is now on display at The Lillian M. Jacobs School in Hull. The art installation depicts swimming sea creatures composed of...
Grant Funds the Arts to Promote Science
Scientific research can be baffling and inaccessible to the general public, so researchers at the Center for Coastal Studies are adding a new way to reach the people they serve – through the power of the arts. The Center has received a grant of $25,000 from the Cape...
Fishing Industry Shipwreck Roundtable Meetings Scheduled
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution recently received 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...
Dr. Casey Thornbrugh of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to Discuss Climate Change in Winter Lecture Series
The Napi’s Winter Lecture Series continues on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 5 pm at the Center for Coastal Studies’ Hiebert Marine Lab with a talk by Dr. Casey Thornbrugh of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public,...
Wequassett Resort’s Community Impact Fund Supports Center for Coastal Studies
This week, representatives of the Wequassett Resort and Golf Club presented the Center for Coastal Studies with a donation of $30,000. The gift will support the Center for Coastal Studies’ marine research, rescue, and education programs. The gift comes from the...
Author Dennis Minsky to Kick off Napi’s Winter Lecture Series at Center for Coastal Studies
The Center for Coastal Studies’ popular Napi’s Winter Lecture Series will resume Wednesday, January 22 at 5 pm with a talk by Dennis Minsky, author of the recently published “Peculiar and Superior, a Year-Rounder in Provincetown.” Traditionally held at Napi’s...