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Samuel V. Scarpino, Ph.D., Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Physics
Whooping Cough is Back. Here’s the Global Collaboration to Fight It.
Nearly 50 scientists collaborated with Physics Professor Sam Scarpino to develop a compendium on pertussis and dispute the reasoning for its resurgence worldwide.
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Dan Distel and Rueben Shipway discovered a new genus of shipworm in the Philippines. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Marine Science Center
Ocean Genome Legacy Researchers Discover New Shipworm Species
A new genus and species of shipworm has been discovered in the Philippines thanks to work conducted by Dan Distal and Reuben Shipway of the Ocean Genome Legacy.
Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center
Saddam Hussein Destroyed The Biblical Eden. This Cross-Cultural Partnership Could Restore It.
Researchers at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center are working with the University of Basrah in Iraq to restore the marshlands of southern Iraq.
Kyle Kornack and David Cooch, Northeastern alums were recently honored by Forbes 30-under-30 for co-founding Green Gas, which enables customers at gas pumps to donate 10 cents per gallon to environmental causes. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Sometimes you have to jump out of a bus to make it to the Forbes “30 under 30” party
Among the five Northeastern graduates recognized by Forbes as notable entrepreneurs were Kyle Kornack and David Cooch, who co-founded a nonprofit that enables drivers to offset their carbon emissions by making donations to environmental causes at the gas pump.
Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center
Modeling population connectivity to predict stability
Natural populations of organisms are always fluctuating, both due to the environment, and interactions with other populations and species, and ecological modeling provides a powerful took to help wildlife and resource managers predict the fluctuations of populations of economically or ecologically valuable species. A new study recently published in the journal Theoretical Ecology, by MSC PhD student […]
Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center
Theory testing improves predictive power for conservation and restoration
New research from David Kimbro improves the way ecologists can test their theories.
Val Perini gives opening remarks at the Ocean Literacy Summit in the Curry Ballroom on November 15, 2018. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center
Bringing the ocean to the people
Translating science for the public isn't easy work, but this summit helps ocean communicators find the best ways to help get their points across.
Marine and Environmental Sciences
Social insects under pathogenic stress invest in offspring quality over quantity
New research from Professor Rebecca Rosengaus and graduate student Erin Cole investigates the impacts of pathogens on termite colony formation
Former graduate student of the Bowen Lab, Patrick Kearns, in the field.
Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center
Filtering fungi enhance nutrient removal in salt marshes
Salt marshes provide essential ecosystem services, such removing nutrients from runoff before it enters the ocean, but there is more research needed to uncover the mechanisms by which these services are provided and how they are being impacted by increasing human activity. A recent study appearing in the journal Microbial Ecology, led by former NUMSC graduate […]
Photo by Tim Briggs
Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center
Magma blebs and volcano behavior on co-op at Woods Hole
How do you figure out what happens before a volcanic eruption? Look for blebs! These snapshots of the past are helping researchers like Alexandra Castillejo understand how magma rises to form an eruption.