Rising temperatures a boon for harmful bacteria in Cape Cod’s fresh and salt water (2/2/22)
Rising temperatures a boon for harmful bacteria in Cape Cod’s fresh and salt water Cape Cod Times Doug Fraser Feb. 2, 2022 Here’s the difference between red tide and blue-green algae. Wochit WOODS HOLE — The world depends on water to drink, to irrigate crops, for the seafood that feeds millions. As the earth’s population continues […]
Improving water quality in ponds starting to gain momentum says panel at regional summit (8/25/21)
Improving water quality in ponds starting to gain momentum says panel at regional summit Doug Fraser Cape Cod Times Aug 25, 2021 The health of local ponds or lakes is something Cape Cod residents and visitors take more personally than they do marine water bodies, Andrew Gottlieb, executive director of the Association to Preserve Cape […]
Madaket Marine using oysters to combat algae blooms (7/22/21)
Madaket Marine using oysters to combat algae blooms By Brian Bushard The Inquirer and Mirror July 22, 2021 Email: bbushard@inkym.com Twitter: @bbushardim (July 22, 2021) Madaket Marine received 10,000 oysters from the nonprofit Massachusetts Oyster Project this summer as part of an initiative to fight algae blooms in the harbor, an issue that has led to poor […]
Uninvited Guests Along Our Coasts
In recent years, there has been an increase in massive amounts of red macroalgae, more commonly known as red seaweed, washing up on the shores of Cape Cod beaches. When you visited your favorite beach, you may have seen mounds of this invasive macroalga species called Heterosiphonia japonica, which is native to the North Pacific […]
Algal Blooms
In our last post, we discussed the cause of our algal blooms and associated water quality problems here on the Cape (if you haven’t read it yet, go here!). Today we will be diving into their human and ecological impacts. In both freshwater and saltwater, the impacts are due to toxins being released into the […]