By Ashley Echelberger, MSC STEM Outreach Co-op  Recent Marine Science Center alumna Dr. Louise Cameron joined WGBH for an interview with WGBH last week to share insights on how ocean acidification and warming may impact and harm marine life, specifically shellfish and their fisheries. Dr. Cameron defended her dissertation this past Spring, having worked in both the Ries Lab and Grabowski Lab at Northeastern’s Marine … Continue reading Dr. Louise Cameron joins WGBH to talk ocean acidification

The graduate student community of the Marine Science Center presents the next in their Science Cafe series this Thursday, December 10th, at 7 pm. This month they’ll explore biodiversity and resource dynamics in coastal habitats and communities with a Q&A featuring two active researchers in the field. Event Link Here (MS Teams Webinar) : https://bit.ly/3otfITU Michelle Staudinger, Science Coordinator with DOI Northeast Climate Adaptation Science … Continue reading Biodiversity Beneath the Waves: NUMSC Science Cafe 12/10 at 7pm

Marine & Environmental Science Student Gwendolyn McManus is co-author of a new paper in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology examining behaviors of the Flamboyant Cuttlefish. She chatted with our team recently about the work at Marine Biological Laboratory that led to the publication and her current projects. Check out the full College of Science feature on the web here! Continue reading Co-ops and Cuttlefish

This week we’re highlighting recent work by an interdisciplinary team at the Marine Science Center: Three Seas graduates Daniel von Staats and Sophia Madden worked with Dr. Torrance Hanley, and Dr. Randall Hughes to study variations in seagrass flowering at different depths. Their recent paper in Estuaries and Coasts focused in particular on the species Zostera marina; seagrass beds, like most coastal ecosystems, continue to … Continue reading Changes in seagrass phenology across changing depths and in changing seas

The Marine Science Center’s Beach Sisters Program is partnering with Salem Sound Coastwatch, which has received one of just 13 national awards from the NOAA Marine Debris Program. Salem Sound Coast Watch will use the $136,846 award over the next two years to continue the their Talking Trash internship program with high school students from Salem Public Schools. The Beach Sisters will collaborate with Salem … Continue reading Beach Sisters Begin Partnership with Salem Teens for NOAA Marine Debris Program