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Northeastern University professor Steven Vollmer says he and his team of researchers combined field work and tank experiments with machine learning models to narrow the list of most likely pathogens to a berry-shaped bacteria known as Cysteiniphilum litorale.

Recently, Dr. Garces was awarded a Dean’s Postdoctoral Travel Award to attend and participate in the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Read on as she shares her experience at the conference and how being actively involved in ESA has enhanced her educational and professional journey.  

The La Niña event forecast for this winter may deliver more snow than usual to the Northwestern U.S. and dry, warm weather to the South.

Some marine animals will escape by going farther out to sea; however, others could perish along the beaches, says Mark Patterson, a professor at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center.

As Hurricane Milton barrels toward central Florida, Northeastern University disaster recovery experts say residents should expect extensive destruction from the storm and its surge — particularly if Tampa is hit directly.

Before the aftermath of Hurricane Helene dumped more than 30 inches of rain on some parts of western North Carolina and led to historic flooding that has killed more than 30 people in the mountainous region, Asheville was known as a “climate haven.”

We are delighted to welcome new faculty members with primary appointments in the College of Science whose teaching and research builds the Good Power of Science, trains the next generation of science professionals, and solves crucial research challenges.

Congratulations to John Coley (PI), Brian Helmuth (Co-PI), and Catie Nielson (Co-PI) on by the National Science Foundation, STEM Education Directorate (EDU), Education Core Research Program on their project: “Cognitive Foundations of Environmental Science Education: Exploring Impacts of Human Exceptionalism on Marine Social-Ecological Systems Thinking”.

Loretta Fernandez and her colleagues have been working on creating passive samplers that would allow them to locate old munitions by detecting degraded compounds in the water.

In recently published research, Gabriela Garcia and her collaborators have developed a framework for how to understand alternate bearing.

Jim Chen, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and marine and environmental sciences, expects a lot of strong hurricanes this year that will require preparation to mitigate impact.

In a paper published this past spring, Northeastern University professor Damon Hall argues that ‘citizen science’ partnerships historically have been unbalanced, with researchers taking more from participating communities than they give back.