Beach Closures
New Tool To Monitor Harmful Bacteria at Beaches
National Geographic Voices
mentions Zhixuan Feng and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The Return of the Seals
WHOI biologist Rebecca Gast examines whether the recovered and thriving population of gray seals in Cape Cod waters has affected water quality off the beaches they frequent.
Shifting Sands and Bacteria on the Beach
Most coastal communities in the United States test the water at beaches for the presence…
The Hunt for Microbial ‘Trojan Horses’
In summer, Wood Neck Beach in Woods Hole, Mass., teems with tourists, but only a…
Testing the Waters and Closing Beaches
On a warm, tranquil evening this summer, Falmouth resident Annette Hynes took a friend down…