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Dr. H. William Detrich III, Professor in Marine and Environmental Sciences, has retired after a distinguished 34-year career at Northeastern.

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.

While most people are focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and the scope of its damage, one study on fish farms finds that the most harmful pandemic upon us is climate change.

Graduates of Three Seas pursue various careers in environmental consulting, non-profit work, state and federal government, outreach and education, and scientific research support.

Crane Creek flows right to left in front of me, spring-fed and uncommonly clear and cool, slicing through trees that line both banks. Shallow and thin, it runs 25 miles through thick forests in southwest Missouri, at some points no farther across than a fishing pole is long. You could walk across it and never […]

Social insects like termites and ants have evolved many methods to combat disease. What can we learn from them in fighting human pandemics? A lot, says Rebeca Rosengaus, an associate professor and behavioral ecologist at Northeastern. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

NAHANT, Mass. Northeastern students Jaxon Derow and Sahana Simonetti gather mussels for a research project at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center. For ecological forecasters at the center, mussels act as a barometer of climate change, and help researchers understand changing biodiversity in the Gulf of Maine. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Tara Duffy looked on as a handful of her students waded through tidal pools at the Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts, searching for algae and invertebrate creatures. It was a sunny day in February, with the kind of weather that arrives in New England to remind you to keep the faith, spring is just […]

New sexual behavior is observed for the first time in shipworms by Northeastern scientists.

Geoffrey Trussell is a director, chair, and professor at Northeastern who was recently named as a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Geoffrey Trussell joins university president and COS colleagues in AAAS fellowship honor.