Search

Your search keyword '"Nantucket Island -- Environmental aspects"' showing total 13 results
Start Over Descriptor "Nantucket Island -- Environmental aspects"
13 results on '"Nantucket Island -- Environmental aspects"'

1. A Battle for a Bluff on Nantucket

Author

Green, Penelope

Subjects
Nantucket Island -- Environmental aspects, Cliffs -- Environmental aspects -- Protection and preservation, Shorelines -- Protection and preservation -- Environmental aspects, Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

In an increasingly litigious conflict, the island's residents are clashing over how to deal with the effects of climate change: Push back or accept what's coming? Houses along Baxter Road [...]

Published
2022

2. A disappearing island

Author

Aldrich, Ian

Subjects
Nantucket Island -- Environmental aspects, Beach erosion -- Environmental aspects, Shore protection -- Massachusetts, Beaches -- Environmental aspects, General interest
Published
2008

3. Sharp interface models of salt water intrusion and wellhead delineation on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

Author

Person, Mark, Taylor, James Z., and Dingman, S. Lawrence

Subjects
Nantucket Island -- Environmental aspects, Water, Underground -- Research -- Environmental aspects, Hydrology -- Research -- Environmental aspects, Earth sciences, Research, Environmental aspects
Abstract

Introduction During the past two decades, demands on Nantucket Islands' ground water resources have increased dramatically. Between 1981 and 1997, pumping records from the town of Nantucket's municipal wellfield indicate [...]

Published
1998

5. Filing for fog island: don't let a report of 200 and 1/2 on an island scare you off. Proper planning can turn a pucker-factor flight into text-book IFR

Subjects
Nantucket Island -- Environmental aspects, Fog -- Management, Bad weather flying -- Personal narratives, Bad weather flying -- Management, Company business management, Aerospace and defense industries
Abstract

On Aug. 17th, 2007, over the island of Nantucket, Mass., a Cirrus SR20 contributed to the East Coast lore that the islands around Cape Cod are a dangerous place to [...]

Published
2009

6. The ditch that divided Nantucket

Author

Dodson, James

Subjects
Nantucket Island -- Environmental aspects, Wetland conservation -- Laws, regulations and rules, General interest
Abstract

Nantucket Island, MA's once-traditional spring practice of opening its ponds to the sea to encourage marine life had been banned by the state. Starting in 1988, militant ditch digger Steven Scannell led the fight to restore the island's sovereign right to manage its own ponds.

Published
1992

7. On Nantucket, Surf's Up, if You're Part Penguin

Author

Chang, Kenneth and Dean, Cornelia

Subjects
Nantucket Island -- Environmental aspects, Ice, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

How cold has it been on Nantucket? Chilly enough to freeze waves. Last Friday, Jonathan Nimerfroh, a photographer, arrived on the beach and saw an unusual sight: slow-moving waves of [...]

Published
2015

8. The best times for Nantucket and international layover planning

Subjects
Nantucket Island -- Environmental aspects, Amusements -- Methods, Recreation -- Methods, Air travel -- Planning -- United States, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Q: My family is considering a trip to Nantucket in June. We weren't planning to take a car, so we'd be dependent on public transportation, bikes, walking, etc. Will early [...]

Published
2014

9. 4-Wheelers Threaten Nantucket's Open Beaches

Author

Santora, Marc

Subjects
Beaches -- Protection and preservation -- Environmental aspects, Nantucket Island -- Environmental aspects
Abstract

Legend has it that when the Wampanoag Indians sold this island to white settlers some 350 years ago for 30 pounds and 2 beaver hats, the parties agreed on one […]

Published
2003

11. State upholds study on Cape wind farm

Author

Allen, Scott

Subjects
Nantucket Island -- Environmental aspects, Cape Cod -- Environmental aspects, Massachusetts -- Environmental policy, Wind power -- Buildings and facilities, Wind power -- Environmental aspects, Business, Business, regional, General interest
Abstract

Aug. 10--The state's top environmental official rejected calls yesterday for a time-consuming new study of a proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound, ruling that a change in the layout of [...]

Published
2005

13. Nantucket wind ride; how the Register of Historic Places could kill green power

Subjects
Atlantic Ocean -- Environmental aspects, Nantucket Island -- Environmental aspects, Historic sites -- Protection and preservation, Historic sites -- Laws, regulations and rules, Homeowners -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Homeowners -- Demonstrations and protests, Wind power -- Buildings and facilities, Wind power -- Location, Wind power -- Public opinion, Wind power -- Demonstrations and protests, Government regulation, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results