10th Annual Marine Science Educator Workshop
Ten years ago, Jen and I started gathering our naturalists together to talk about new what’s new in the world of whales, our research and […]
marine debris
Zooming in on Microplastics: What You Should Know
Above: Microplastics sorted from a beach sample also containing sand, gravel and other organic material were recorded as part of our microplastics research program. Microplastics […]
Microplastics Sampling Fun in the Classroom
We had an exciting opportunity to construct and pilot a microplastics sampling demonstration with the 8th grade science classes of Portsmouth Middle School on November […]
New Cleanup Data Cards for 2018
It’s a project several years in the making… new data cards! Since 2001, we’ve conducted beach cleanups from southern Maine to northern Massachusetts. At each […]
Smuttynose Good Neighbors Series – Jan. 31
In 2016, we picked up 1,700 straws during our beach cleanups. This prompted us to start our Skip the Straw project, in which we’re urging consumers […]