Is coastal resiliency about re-building or retreating? Here’s what’s being considered. (5/17/24)
Is coastal resiliency about re-building or retreating? Here’s what’s being considered.Cape Cod TimesSuryatapa ChakrabortyMay 17, 2024 With the consistent breach of the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold to mitigate the effects of climate change, our planet has been experiencing an accelerated rate of warming. Coastal resiliency has moved to the forefront of all conversations, but whether these efforts will be sustainable […]
‘Forever chemicals’ are coming into Great Lakes through air, rainfall, new study shows (5/16/24)
‘Forever chemicals’ are coming into Great Lakes through air, rainfall, new study showsCape Cod TimesCaitlin LoobyMilwaukee Journal SentinelMay 16, 2024 A considerable amount of “forever chemicals” are making their way into the Great Lakes via the air and rain, a new study says. In fact, the findings published in Environmental Science and Technology, show that […]
The airport in Hyannis plans to expand. What’s the strategy for PFAS contamination there? (4/25/24)
The airport in Hyannis plans to expand. What’s the strategy for PFAS contamination there?April 25, 2024Jeannette HinkleCape Cod Times Editor’s note: The following corrections have been made from a previous version: the spelling of a last name; the amount the airport is contributing for the cost of PFAS treatment at Mahar wellfield; the decade aqueous […]
‘The word is scary.’ Hyannis residents learning of prior PFAS exposure from blood tests (2/29/24)
‘The word is scary.’ Hyannis residents learning of prior PFAS exposure from blood testsJeannette HinkleCape Cod TimesFebruary 29, 2024 Greg Milne has a P.O. Box. Usually, he waits until he’s home to open the mail. But last month, he opened an envelope as soon as he climbed into the car. Milne is one of hundreds […]
PFAS hotspot in Hyannis is 225 times the state standard. What’s being done? (2/22/24)
PFAS hotspot in Hyannis is 225 times the state standard. What’s being done?February 22, 2024Jeannette HinkleCape Cod Times Sometime in the late 1950s or early 1960s, firefighters from departments across Cape Cod started using a firefighting foam laden with PFAS as they trained at the county-owned fire academy in Hyannis. For much of that time, the dangers […]
Black sludge, invasive seaweed, toxic algae: Cape Cod pond, coastal waters get poor marks (1/20/24)
Black sludge, invasive seaweed, toxic algae: Cape Cod pond, coastal waters get poor marksCape Cod TimesHeather McCarronJanuary 20, 2024 If Cape Cod had to be defined by a single element, certainly it would be water, surrounded as it is by ocean, sound, canal and bay, dimpled by scores of ponds and lakes, fringed by marshes and beribboned […]
‘Big, big growth of algae.’ Restored Marstons Mills wetlands to lessen nitrogen pollution (12/7/23)
‘Big, big growth of algae.’ Restored Marstons Mills wetlands to lessen nitrogen pollution Cape Cod Times Heather McCarron December 7, 2023 MARSTONS MILLS — In the headwaters of the Marstons Mills River, 78 acres of cranberry bogs and adjacent uplands are tucked in along Bog Road and River Road. The bogs have given up their berries this season, […]
Cape Cod researcher studies how water quality, warming may affect seaweed, jellyfish (10/5/23)
Cape Cod researcher studies how water quality, warming may affect seaweed, jellyfish Cape Cod Times Heather McCarron October 5, 2023 POPPONESSET BAY — Standing at the edge of a converted pontoon boat anchored in Popponesset Bay, environmental researcher Nicole Corbett held a small monitor as Barnstable Clean Water Coalition field operations manager Luke Cadrin lowered a scientific instrument […]
‘Powerful resources.’ Marstons Mills cranberry bogs to return to wetlands with $1.6M grant (9/21/23)
‘Powerful resources.’ Marstons Mills cranberry bogs to return to wetlands with $1.6M grant Heather McCarron Cape Cod Times September 21, 2023 For now, cranberries are growing in the shallow, as-yet still dry, basins of antique bogs spreading out on both sides of Bog Road in Marstons Mills. Soon, the harvest will begin. It will be among the […]
No PFAS: What environmentally friendly fire training looks like on Cape Cod (8/22/23)
No PFAS: What environmentally friendly fire training looks like on Cape Cod Cape Cod Times Barbara Clark August 22, 2023 WEST YARMOUTH — A grid of metal rebar sticks up from the concrete foundations of a new structure emerging on Buck Island Road. A new regional fire training building — a unique option in Cape Cod’s evolving […]