The Ecosystems Center
"The Ecosystems Center was founded four decades ago to investigate the structure and functioning of ecological systems and to predict their response to changing environmental conditions. At that time the changing global carbon cycle was just becoming recognized as an urgent environmental issue and became one of the focal points for research at the Center."
--Anne Giblin, Ecosystems Center Director
In the News
Moore Foundation Funds MBL Teams for Symbiosis Research | The Well
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative is investing $19 million over the next three years to support 42 teams of scientists, including four teams with MBL...
UMass Amherst Microbiologists Clarify Relationship Between Microbial Diversity and Soil Carbon Storage | UMass Amherst News
More diverse soils did perform better, but drought stress found to be a limiting factor
In what they believe is the first study of its kind, researchers led by postdoctoral researcher Luiz A....
Desert Algae Shed Light on Desiccation Tolerance in Green Plants | The Well
WOODS HOLE, Mass. — Deserts of the U.S. Southwest are extreme habitats for most plants, but, remarkably, microscopic green algae live there that are extraordinarily tolerant of dehydration....
New DOE Award | Sticky Roots and the Fate of Soil Carbon in Natural Ecosystems
MBL Ecosystems Center Senior Scientist Zoe Cardon has received a collaborative grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to study "sticky roots" and the fate of soil carbon in natural...