Fall 2025
Ever wonder where your shampoo goes after it swirls down the drain? Spoiler alert: if you live on Cape Cod, the answer could be your backyard-and your favorite swimming spot. One-third of all homes in Massachusetts rely on septic systems…
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This October, four ocean drifters made by O-STEAM fellows were launched into Cape Cod Bay. The GPS transmitters on the drifters are tracking their paths in and around the Bay. As a part of this summer’s O-STEAM fellowship program, Margaret…
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“In my opinion, the beach is a living breathing thing. It changes every day, with every wave. When the wind blows, the beach changes.” That’s what WHOI Sea Grant coastal processes specialist Bryan McCormack told the more than 185 people…
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WHOI Sea Grant recently caught up with 2025 Knauss Fellow Lina Taenzer for a short interview. Dive into the Q&A to hear about her life in D.C. and her experiences at NOAA’s Global Ocean Monitoring and Observation office.
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For WHOI Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension’s marine team, it started with a text message back in the spring of 2023: “Any idea what this strange clam is?” And from there a story has begun to unfold. Spotted by commercial…
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In October, WHOI Sea Grant bid farewell to our research coordinator Jennie Rheuban. Jennie joined Sea Grant in 2019 as the program’s first research coordinator, where she helped shape the program’s research agenda, administered our biennial call for proposals, and…
Read MoreUpcoming WHOI Sea Grant Event
Reduce, Remove, Restore: Little Pond’s journey to recovery after sewering
Join us December 10 at 5:30 p.m at Aquatic Brewing in Falmouth for a pint and the second conversation in a three-part series about Cape Cod water quality concerns, featuring WHOI Sea Grant-funded science!
Amy Lowell (Town of Falmouth) and Ken Foreman (Marine Biological Laboratory) will talk about the future of sewer expansion in Falmouth and the expected impacts on local watersheds. Come learn about how Little Pond's ecosystem is responding to recent sewering and hear about the Town’s plans to expand the sewer system and construct an outfall for treated wastewater discharge. Space is limited. Reserve a spot today!
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