CCS Joins UN Effort to Conserve Seagrass
Agnes Mittermayr, a marine ecologist at the Center for Coastal Studies, has been tapped to join a team of about three dozen global experts in the 2030 Seagrass Breakthrough, a UN effort to conserve critical seagrass ecosystems. In December, 2023, at COP28 (United...
Five-Year Project Yields Valuable Online Resource and Proactive Planning Tool for the Outer Cape
A new regional shoreline management tool and public online resource is now available to help Cape towns address shared coastal issues. In June, the Applied Sciences Program at the Center for Coastal Studies, working with the towns of Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and...
Remote Island Cleanup in Downeast, Maine with the Rozalia Project
The Rozalia Project is a non-profit organization based in Burlington, Vermont, and active throughout the Gulf of Maine via their research vessel the S/V American Promise. Built for Dodge Morgan in 1985 for his record-setting solo sail around the world, the vessel is a...
Organizations Join Together to Rescue Entangled Leatherback Turtle
A leatherback sea turtle, the largest sea turtle species in the world, was disentangled last week and is swimming freely in Cape Cod Bay thanks to a joint effort by the Center for Coastal Studies, the New England Aquarium, and the Barnstable Harbormaster....
Agnes Mittermayr Builds International Support for Seagrass Conservation Effort
More than 500 seagrass scientists and engineers gathered in Naples, Italy last month for the World Seagrass Conference. The Center’s seagrass expert and Director of SeagrassNet, Agnes Mittermayr, Ph.D., was among them. The conference, which ran from June 17 to 21,...
Meet Daniel Palacios – New Director of CCS Right Whale Ecology Program Brings Expertise and Ideas
Daniel Palacios, Ph.D. left one ocean for another to assume his new role as director of the Center for Coastal Studies Right Whale Ecology Program. For Dr. Palacios, former associate professor at Oregon State University, it’s a return to his primary scientific...
Information Session to be Held for Major Boston Harbor Islands and Hull Shoreline Cleanups
Volunteers interested in learning more about a rare “adventure cleanup” planned for the Boston Harbor Islands this September, and Hull Shoreline later this fall, may attend a one-hour informational meeting this Thursday, July 11, at 4 pm. The meeting will be held at...
CCS MAER Team Disentangles Humpback Whale “Mudskipper”
The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) at the Center for Coastal Studies disentangled a humpback whale yesterday on Stellwagen Bank. The whale, identified by the CCS Humpback Whale Studies Program as Mudskipper, was entangled in fishing gear and...