Single-use Plastics Impacting the Great Lakes
Photo courtesy of Unsplash Single-use plastics, or SUPs, are detrimental to the environment; they can be utilized only once and are more...
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- Sep 27, 2022
- 1 min
Ghost Gear Report
By: SAIL Zero Waste Subteam The EPR/Zero Waste Subteam of SAIL has recently completed a report discussing ghost gear, a disaster to ocean...
- Sep 27, 2022
- 3 min
Op-ed: Investigating Legitimacy in Sustainable Seafood Labels
By: Amanda Davidson 8 billion people need food, and globalization has presented societies with creative ways to supply it. The U.S. has...
- Sep 27, 2022
- 3 min
West Coast Seafood Guide: Responsibility, Traceability, and Sustainability
By: Amanda Davidson When picking out groceries, dining in or ordering take-out, more consumers want to know whether the ingredients are...
- Sep 17, 2022
- 5 min
Assessing the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative as a Model for Further Regional Initiatives
By: Lila McNamee, Kellen Carpenter and Eric Vo Image Courtesy of Pexels What is RGGI? The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was...
- May 9, 2022
- 2 min
Smoke on the Water
For decades, smoking has been a common, if not essential, activity for people across the globe. It was so popular that it has...
- May 5, 2022
- 3 min
Illegal Fishing & How to Conserve the Health of Our Ocean
Boston University put on a webinar on March 3rd, 2022 about illegal fishing, why it is a major problem, and things that we can do to help...
- May 2, 2022
- 3 min
Benthic Habitat Mapping to Understand Ecosystems
The Cape Cod Maritime Museum hosted a discussion of keystone species and benthic habitat mapping called “Cape Cod’s Marine Food Webs” by...
- Apr 28, 2022
- 2 min
Thinking about Shrink Wrap
If every registered Massachusetts boat owner used shrink wrap annually, over 2 million pounds of the harmful polyethylene material would...
- Apr 25, 2022
- 2 min
Urban Ocean: The Mission to Clean Up Marine Debris
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration partners with many non-governmental organizations across the country such as...
- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
An Enemy to Massachusetts’ Shellfish Industry: Ocean Acidification
Massachusetts’ economy generates a revenue upwards of $388 million per year. At the same time, the shellfish industry also provides...
- Apr 4, 2022
- 3 min
Seafood Sustainability: The Benefits of Community Supported Fisheries
Macro and micro-plastic waste is quickly turning our oceans into a toxic, inhospitable soup. Oceanic garbage patches sixty-six times the...
- Mar 31, 2022
- 4 min
Ecotourism off the Cape Cod Coast: Diving with Sharks Sustainably
Last summer, for the second year in a row, the number of great white sharks found off the coast of Cape Cod and surrounding islands...
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
From Promise to Action: Surfrider Foundation’s Efforts to Mitigate Marine Plastic Pollution
Surfrider Foundation recently hosted a webinar conference on February 15, 2022 to discuss their efforts in reducing marine plastic...
- Mar 21, 2022
- 3 min
Taking Action Against Pollution: Killer Whale Populations in the Salish Sea
The Georgia Strait Alliance is a Canadian-based organization dedicated to protecting the Salish Sea, which sits just off the coast of...
- Mar 10, 2022
- 3 min
A Contaminated Ocean Knows No Borders: Protecting the Cape Cod Bay
Did you know that nearly twenty percent of all electricity used in the United States is generated in nuclear power plants? Nuclear power...
- Mar 7, 2022
- 2 min
Using Microplastic Regulations to Incentivize Innovation and Environmental Safety
The world’s microplastic problem is an intensifying issue that must be acted on now. In a new webinar for the Ocean Plastic Webinars...
- Jul 21, 2021
- 2 min
Seasonal Waste: How To Have a More Sustainable Beach Day
Beach days are a hallmark of summer. Across the world, people’s summer days are peppered with laying on a towel, jumping in salty waves,...
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
The Link Between Deforestation and the Darkening Seas
There is a strong link between land and sea, emphasizing the importance of understanding how human activities can impact both. We know...
- Jun 30, 2021
- 3 min
How Does Climate Change Affect Our Oceans?
Around the world and throughout human history, oceans have served as a cultural bedrock for myths and traditions. Beyond providing us a...
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