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Students study the Gulf of Maine’s rocky intertidal zone as part of a course focusing on how different societies around the world are responding to coastal issues. Courtesy photo Brian Helmuth

Here’s What Works–and What Doesn’t–when It Comes to Coping with Climate Change at the Edge of the Sea

The tanks at the Sai Kung fish market in Hong Kong were brimming with unusual creatures. Buyers chose from live mantis shrimp, sea snails, lobsters, clams, giant groupers, and arrays of other fish and had them cooked on the spot. There was every kind of seafood under the sun. And from all appearances, many of […]

08/07/19 - BOSTON, MA. - Steven Scyphers, assistant professor of marine and environmental sciences, and student Kiera O'Donnell pose for a portrait at the Marine Science Center in Nahant on August 07, 2019. Scyphers has received a grant from the Nature Conservancy to study the impact of Hurricane Michael in collaboration with colleagues at the U.S. Naval Academy. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Steven Scyphers, assistant professor of marine and environmental sciences, and student Kiera O’Donnell, at the Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Can Nature Reduce the Damage Caused by Hurricanes?

People tend to underestimate the power of non-engineered solutions that may complement seawalls. One of the best defenses against natural forces could be nature itself.

Katie Lotterhos, assistant professor in marine and environmental Sciences, holds up an oyster in her lab in Nahant. Lotterhos recently received a grant to work with a consortium of scientists across the East Coast to breed a better oyster. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Katie Lotterhos, an assistant professor of marine and environmental sciences, holds up an oyster shell in her lab in Nahant. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

How to Breed a Better Oyster

Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center

A group of shellfish geneticists, including Northeastern professor Katie Lotterhos is trying to help the oyster industry select for the traits that will make oysters both thrive in their environment and melt in your mouth.

Kelly Kowal, left, and Lark Parmalee, right, prepare for a dive at Canoe Beach, Nahant.

Diving into Three Seas

Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center

An exploration of the Three Seas Program.

This 2017 photo provided by NOAA shows bleached coral in Guam. A study released on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018 finds that severe bleaching outbreaks are hitting coral reefs four times more often they used to a few decades earlier. (David Burdick/NOAA via AP)

Marine Organisms Can Evolve and Adapt to New Climates. But Will They?

Marine and Environmental Sciences

A new United Nations report warns that the oceans have sponged up about a quarter of the total atmospheric carbon dioxide released from burning fossil fuels since the 1980s, changing the chemistry of the ocean at different depths and creating dangerously acidic and oxygen-depleted conditions for marine life.

Non-conventional Models to Advance Research

Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center

MSC Professor Bill Detrich’s work has been featured in Nature Lab Animal.

04/16/19 – BOSTON, MA. – Amanda Dwyer poses for a portrait on April 16, 2019. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Amanda Dwyer Awarded Knauss Fellowship

Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center

MSC PhD candidate Amanda Dwyer of the Patterson Lab has been awarded the prestigious NOAA/SeaGrant Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.

Oyster Restoration Benefits from Genetic Diversity

Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center

MSC Associate Professor Randall Hughes and colleagues have conducted an experiment testing how genetic diversity of juvenile oysters impacts survival in a restored reef.

This GOES-16, GeoColor satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, at 17:10 UTC and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Hurricane Dorian moving off the east coast of Florida in the Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA via AP)

This satellite image, taken on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019 and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows Hurricane Dorian moving off the east coast of Florida in the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA via AP

The First Line of Defense for Hurricane Dorian Is the Shoreline

Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center

Climate change is increasing the probability of hurricanes like Dorian, while development is destroying natural protective barriers like mangrove trees. So what can we do about it? Professor Steven Scyphers lends his expertise.

Neri dos Santos Silva watches an encroaching fire threat after digging trenches to keep the flames from spreading to the farm he works on, in the Nova Santa Helena municipality, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Under increasing international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro recently authorized use of the military to battle the massive blazes. AP Photo/Leo Correa

The Amazon Rainforest Has Been Burning for Weeks. Here’s Why That Matters.

Marine and Environmental Sciences

The Amazon rainforest is on fire. Aron Stubbins, professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern, explains why that's a global problem.

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