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3Qs: Why better infrastructure could solve Rio’s water problems
The Olympic sailing competition began Monday in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay, the site of extensive water pollution that officials have warned is a health risk for the athletes. Geoff Trussell, director of Northeastern’s Marine Science Center, explains how bad the pollution can be for the aquatic ecosystem and what needs to be done to fix the problem.
August 10, 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
Food availability and prey age alter trophic cascade strength
New research by MSC Postdoctoral Researcher Catherine Matassa and colleagues illustrates the value of considering prey traits and resource availability when examining ecosystem-level impacts of predator-prey interactions.
March 23, 2016
Effects of predation risk passed down from parent to offspring
A new study published by MSC researchers provides evidence indicating that parents exposed to predation risk may give birth to emboldened offspring.
August 04, 2015
The rules of the water
This summer, an interdisciplinary research team led by Marine and Environmental Sciences professor Geoff Trussell will study community organization and connectivity of rocky intertidal habitats throughout the Gulf of Maine.
June 08, 2015
A framework to predict the organism-level consequences of climate change
MSC researchers have developed a bioenergetics framework to understand how marine organisms will deal with the stressors associated with climate change.
April 07, 2015
Looking ahead: Coastal sustainability in 2015
Many of the principal issues facing coastal sustainability in 2015 are ones the field has been dealing with for some time, says Northeastern's Marine Science Center Director Geoff Trussell.
February 05, 2015
Warmer temperatures help prey cope with predators
Fear of predators can change prey behavior, shaping entire ecological communities. But MSC research suggests that the impact of predators on their prey may change with temperature.
December 22, 2014
Thermal versus predator stress: snails can tell the difference
Researchers are measuring genetic response to stress in an intertidal snail, and results shed light on the complexity of response to abiotic vs. biotic stressors.
December 10, 2014
PhD student at Marine Science Center has paper published
Catherine Matassa has published a paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
October 25, 2014
Geographic variation in the rocky intertidal communities across the Gulf of Maine
The Gulf of Maine's rocky intertidal zone has many region-wide defining characteristics, as well as some notable subregional differences.
April 14, 2014
The heat of the matter: Population dynamics in marine snails
The North Atlantic coastline has been shaped and reshaped by various glaciations over the past 5.5 million years.
February 27, 2014
The heat of the matter: Population dynamics in marine snails
Do marine snails really stress about heat? MSC researchers look into what separates populations of whelks along northwest Atlantic coast.
February 24, 2014
New Marine Science Center faculty focused on sustainability
The Marine Science Center has welcomed several new faculty members whose focus is urban coastal sustainability.
September 19, 2013