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Troubled Waters on Cape Cod: Loved to Death (Part 1)

Troubled Waters on Cape Cod: Loved to Death (Part 1)

60-Second Science vor 2 Jahren

Cape Cod’s water is turning “pea-soup green”—and after decades of scientific detective work, we know why.

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In the first episode of a three-part series, environmental reporter
Barbara Moran is on Cape Cod to find out why the crystal clear
water there is turning “pea-soup green”—and how communities are
scrambling to clean it up. For more information, read WBUR’s
coverage of the efforts to improve Cape Cod’s water pollution,
including a “pee-cycling” project being considered by one
innovative town. And watch WBUR and Scientific American’s
documentary short exploring how pollution and algae overgrowth
threaten this Massachusetts vacation hub. Email us at
sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or
ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday:
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newsletter. This series is a co-production of WBUR and Scientific
American. It’s reported and hosted by WBUR’s Barbara Moran. Science
Quickly is produced by Jeff DelViscio, Kelso Harper, Madison
Goldberg and Rachel Feltman. Our theme music was composed by
Dominic Smith. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked this
series, and Duy Linh Tu and Sebastian Tuinder contributed reporting
and sound. WBUR’s Kathleen Masterson edited this series. Additional
funding was provided by the Pulitzer Center. Learn more about your
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