Alewife Brook: A Spawning Pathway in Danger
The Alewife Brook flows from Chebacco Lake into the Essex River and the North Atlantic Ocean. The brook is a vital path for river...
- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
Harbor Seal Pup Season in New England
Spring in New England brings many welcomed changes: budding flowers, longer days, warmer weather, and harbor seal pup season! Harbor...
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- May 4, 2021
- 2 min
How Climate Change Affects Half of the World’s Photosynthesizers: Phytoplankton
You probably don’t think of plankton very often. They’re small, sometimes microscopic, marine organisms — out of sight, out of mind. But...
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- Apr 6, 2021
- 2 min
Action to Protect the Great Barrier Reef
Seaside Sustainability shared a post discussing coral bleaching and the detrimental effects it is having on both coral reefs and the...
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- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min
World Water Day 2021: What Does Water Mean to You?
Rolling out of bed, you sip a glass of water before hopping into your hot shower. You give some leftover water to your houseplants, make...
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- Mar 18, 2021
- 2 min
Turning the Tide: Facing the Atlantic Ocean Microplastic Crisis
Researchers from the UK's National Oceanography Centre have found that the Atlantic Ocean is contaminated by much more plastic than...
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- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
An Ecological Balancing Act: The Return of Sharks and Seals to Cape Cod
It’s hard to ignore the presence of great white sharks during a visit to a Cape Cod beach in Massachusetts. Large signs encourage...
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- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
Deep Ocean Changes
Imagine this: In the near future, climate change has melted the polar ice caps to a critical point, interrupting ocean currents and...
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- Mar 4, 2021
- 3 min
8 Organizations Fighting to Save Our Oceans
The ocean is in trouble. Imagine an area of plastic two-times the size of Texas floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, decreasing...
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- Mar 3, 2021
- 2 min
Seaside Sustainability’s TD Bank Affinity Program
Written by: Sophia Ward and Anna de Hostos Barth Do you have an account with TD Bank? Do you want to support an ocean conservation and...
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- Feb 25, 2021
- 2 min
The Problem of Offshore Drilling
Offshore drilling is a process used to extract crude oil from deep beneath the ocean floors. Despite the threat it poses to our ocean and...
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- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min
Artificial Reefs Explained
As the old saying goes, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” One of the most efficient ways to get rid of an old ship is to sink...
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- Jan 18, 2021
- 2 min
The Effects of Coastal Erosion
Coastal erosion is something that happens on coastlines all over the world. The result is retreating coastlines and eroded beaches. But...
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- Dec 28, 2020
- 3 min
Industrial Scale Fishing is Destroying Our Oceans
Coming from a small fishing town in Massachusetts, I grew up eating seafood. Lobsters on the Fourth of July and pan seared cod were just...
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- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min
Citizen Science: Observing the Species that Live in Massachusett's Coastal Wrack Lines
On earth, there are millions of differing species - the planet’s biodiversity is vast. Here in Massachusetts, we can see lots of this...
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- Dec 22, 2020
- 4 min
Seaside Sustainability’s Founder Eric Magers On How Earth’s Waterways are Suffering from the Climate
Eric Magers sits in his office and reflects upon his fondest childhood memories – ones that he can no longer relive due to the increase...
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- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
Citizen Science: Floating Forests
Giant kelp forests are found along about 25% of all the world’s coastlines and form the foundation of marine ecosystems with their...
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- Nov 28, 2020
- 2 min
Sustainable Seafood and Delicious Seafood Alternatives
Industrial fishing - a particularly indiscriminate type of commercial fishing - is having a devastating impact on fish and marine life...
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- Nov 25, 2020
- 3 min
Oceanic Dead Zones Part 2
In part one of this series, we discussed oceanic dead zones: what they are, what causes them, why they are harmful, and whether or not...
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- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
Oceanic Dead Zones Part 1
Oceanic dead zones. Have you heard of them? If you are very familiar with environmental and ocean-specific issues, you may have. For...
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