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ON THE EDGE: MASSACHUSETTS HOME AT PERIL OF TUMBLING INTO BAY FROM EROSION

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✍️ A multimillion-dollar house on Cape Cod Bay is at risk of collapsing due to erosion caused by climate change and sea level rise, despite efforts to build a seawall.

👉 Erosion has exposed the concrete footings of the multimillion-dollar house 👉 The house is at risk of collapsing into the bay 👉 The town of Wellfleet is concerned about the potential damage to the harbor's oyster beds 👉 A report projects the house will collapse within three years if no action is taken 👉 The owner has declined to comment

-- #JohnCumbler #MarkBlasch #BarbaraBlasch #JohnBonomi #BryanMcCormack #CapeCodBay #Wellfleet #Falmouth #CapeCodnationalseashore #WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution #environment

A LUXURY HOUSE IS CLOSE TO TUMBLING INTO CAPE COD BAY. WILL ANYONE STOP IT?

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✍️ The article reports on the impending threat of erosion to a big brown house on Cape Cod Bay due to rising waters.

-- #CapeCodBay #Massachusetts #Wellfleet #environment

DOLPHIN STRANDINGS ON CAPE COD AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH

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✍️ Dolphins are getting stranded on the shores of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with a record number of 342 cases this year, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

👉 Record number of dolphin strandings on Cape Cod this year: 342 👉 Typically, 68 dolphins strand per year 👉 International Fund for Animal Welfare and volunteers rescue dolphins 👉 Mobile dolphin unit used to release dolphins back into the ocean 👉 Food availability believed to be the cause of the spike in strandings

-- #BrianSharp #LukeFancy #MikeSullivan #CapeCod #Massachusetts #CapeCodBay #Provincetown #Wellfleet #neutral #environment