When will Cape Cod disappear?

Cape Cod was formed about 18,000 years ago. It is made out of the rocks and debris pushed forward by the glaciers that once covered North America, which was then left behind after they melted. Now, however, this isolated spit of land is being eroded by the waves, tides and currents of the North Atlantic. read more

Cape Cod was formed about 18,000 years ago. It is made out of the rocks and debris pushed forward by the glaciers that once covered North America, which was then left behind after they melted. read more

The Cape Cod National Seashore turns 50 on Sunday. On Aug. 7, 1961, President Kennedy signed a law preserving most of the Atlantic coastline of the outer Cape as national parkland and roping it off from development forever. read more

Between 1938 and 1974, average rates of erosion along the cliffed section of the ocean side of Cape Cod ranged from a high of about nine feet/year to a low of a few inches/year, and the average rates for North Beach (the barrier off Chatham) ranged from about 19 feet/year to three feet/year. read more