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
Lauren Johnson earns MBL Associates Prize for Excellence | The Well
Lauren Johnson—student of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas—was awarded the MBL Associates Prize for Excellence in Independent Research in the Semester in Environmental Science (SES). The...
Marine Microorganisms, Ocean Chemistry, and Thermodynamics | Future Health Tech
MBL Senior Scientist Joseph Vallino chats marine microorganisms, ocean chemistry, and thermodynamics with the Future Tech Health Podcast team.
By: Future Tech Health Podcast
At the Marine...
Making "Lemonade": Chance Observation Leads to Insight on Microbial Bloom Formation
A scientific discovery often starts with a chance observation made by open minds who realize its potential. This happens over and over again in the MBL’s Advanced Research Training courses.
In...
Synthetic Biology: A New Tool to Tackle Climate Change? | MIT Global Change
On December 3 and 4, Boston University convened a workshop exploring how synthetic biology—the engineering of genetic “circuits” in living cells and organisms to enable them to perform...