Rainwater contaminated by toxic chemicals called PFAS is now a global problem. Director of the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute at Northeastern Phil Brown talks about the issues and solutions the world must deal with related to PFAS.

Shark Week 2022 is recognized the week of July 24 2022. Marine and Environmental Science PhD student Evan Prasky comments on how humans view sharks.

Northeastern Faculty in the College of Science and the College of Engineering specializing in environmental studies are asked about the increasing temperatures effect on Infrastructure and Tourism.

Kira Becker and Lee Fenuccio recently completed a co-op at the Ocean Genome Legacy Center (OGL). They are taking over our Instagram the week of June 27 to reflect on their experience. Follow along! 

H. William Detrich and his 2018 Antarctic field research team discovered a new disease that afflicted a substantial number of fish belonging to two different species, reported in a paper published in the journal iScience.

Nishaila Porter shares her experience in the College of Science Master's of Science in Environmental Science and Policy program.

Katherine Antos, a marine and environmental sciences major, will take over our Instagram on Friday, June 3, to share her experience as a Horticulture Intern for Green City Growers (GCG).

Congratulations to the inaugural awardees of the COS Excellence in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice Faculty Award: Dr. Jennifer Bowen, Associate Professor, Marine and Environmental Sciences; Dr. Wendy Smith, Professor, Biology; and Dr. Xuwen Zhu, Assistant Professor, Math. These faculty have shown their deep commitment to fostering equity and inclusion in the College of Science and beyond.

Changing ocean conditions could drive marine species to extinction if they can’t adapt or move to more hospitable waters. Researchers say they could help—if they can accurately predict which species will survive best, and where. Northeastern’s Katie Lotterhos is working to determine whether a machine-learning algorithm could make those predictions accurately.

Fritz McGirr will be taking over our Instagram account on April 22 to share his experience in the College of Science Three Seas Program. Follow along for an inside look at his time in Washington!

Clara Winguth, a third-year environmental science major, shares her educational experience from her time in the College of Science. She will be taking over our Instagram on Tuesday, March 22.

Loren Ayres will be taking over our Instagram account on Wednesday, March 2, to share her experience in the College of Science Three Seas Program. Follow along for an inside look at her time in Hawaii!

Examining the rate of dissolved organic carbon outwelling in a salt marsh – the amount and speed carbon is moving out of the system – is important for understanding the extent and impact this outwelling has on broader coastal carbon cycles. A recent paper by Christina Codden and Aron Stubbins of Northeastern’s Stubbins Lab tackles this question, looking at this carbon outwelling patterns at Groves Creek in Georgia.

In a recent video by Nicole Kutenplon, the Ocean Genome Legacy Center co-op introduces us to her work as a Collections Assistant. Nicole, a 4th year Environmental Science student at Northeastern, utilized her experience as a curatorial assistant at a geological museum to accession over 1500 tissue samples from more than 30 species of Antarctic fish that are a part of Dr. William Detrich’s collection.