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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 […]
October 11, 2019
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.
January 16, 2019
Seawalls as Stepping Stones
A recent paper co-authored by MSC researcher Francis Choi and Professor Brian Helmuth is the result of an ongoing collaboration with colleagues in China, and explores the combined impacts of coastal armoring, warming temperatures, and shifts in ocean currents on the distribution of coastal invertebrates.
November 07, 2019
Understanding climate change is hard work. These robotic mussels are doing the heavy lifting.
Researcher in the Helmuth lab have developed artificial mussels to take the temperature of a changing climate for them.
October 03, 2018
Marine and environmental science professor Brian Helmuth talks about his research
Brian Helmuth, Professor of Marine and Environmental Science, sits down with the College of Science Graduate Program staff to talk about his research at Northeastern University.
April 17, 2017
High Schoolers Splashdown to STEM Education
Doctoring dolphins and mapping shipwrecks, tagging turtles and aging fish, reconstructing a skeleton and creating seaweed art. These were just few of the skills that students were able to learn and practice at the annual High School Marine Science Symposia, earlier this month. Co-hosted by Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center and the Massachusetts Marine Educators, […]
March 24, 2017
COS Professor to speak at UN General Assembly on climate change, sustainable development
Climate change biologist Brian Helmuth will speak today at a high-level meeting at the United Nations headquarters, where he will highlight his research and participate in a discussion on efforts worldwide to address climate change and meet global sustainable development goals.
March 23, 2017
Researchers use ‘robomussels’ to monitor climate change
For ecological forecasters like Northeastern’s Brian Helmuth, mussels act as a barometer of climate change. That’s why Helmuth created “robomussels”—tiny robots that look like mussels but are outfitted with sensors to track temperature conditions.
October 12, 2016
Meeting the climate change challenge: Pressing issues in southern China and SE Asian coastal ecosystems
Scientists, including MSC Professor Brian Helmuth, are researching how to best protect and maintain the marine resources of southern China and Southeast Asia in the face of climate change and other anthropogenic impacts.
October 06, 2016
Can environmental mosaics be used to predict mussel survival?
New research from Professor Brian Helmuth and colleagues examines how environmental variation across a coastline can alter potential impacts of climate change on key organisms like mussels.
September 22, 2016
Congratulations to MSC PhD Graduates!
The Marine Science Center is proud to announce the successful PhD dissertation defense of seven graduate students in the past year: Althea Moore, Nicholas Colvard, Jennifer Elliot, Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn, Lara Lewis-McGrath, Christine Ramsay-Newton, and Lin Zhu. Upon successful defense of their dissertations, these students earned doctorate degrees as successful graduates of Northeastern’s Ecology, Evolution, and […]
June 25, 2016
Northeastern experts weigh in on Boston’s readiness for climate change
MSC Director Geoff Trussell recently participated in a panel to review the Boston Research Advisory Group's report on projected climate impacts to the City of Boston, furthering the University's goals of advancing urban coastal sustainability.
June 22, 2016
MSC Student Receives Dean's Excellence in Innovation Award
MSC Graduate Student Jessica Torossian has gone above and beyond to incorporate outreach involvement in her graduate studies, and these stellar efforts have recently been recognized by the COS Dean's Excellence in Innovation Award.
June 20, 2016
MSC Student Receives Dean’s Excellence in Innovation Award
MSC Graduate Student Jessica Torossian has gone above and beyond to incorporate outreach involvement in her graduate studies, and these stellar efforts have recently been recognized by the COS Dean's Excellence in Innovation Award.
June 20, 2016