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
Inside Science | Warming Tropical Soils May Release Huge Amounts of Stored Carbon
The heat-trapping gases humans release into the air are warming the planet. But humble soil-dwelling bacteria and fungi also release heat-trapping gases, and those gases could determine just how hot...
WBUR | MBL’s Anne Giblin Comments on U.N. Climate Report on Oceans
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a report Wednesday detailing how climate change is affecting oceans and the frozen world. It’s the final of three special reports, and,...
Hurricane Nicole Sheds Light on How Storms Impact Deep Ocean
In early October 2016, a tropical storm named Nicole formed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It roamed for six days, reaching Category 4 hurricane status with powerful 140 mile-per hour-winds,...
CapeCod.com | MBL Scientists Study Impact on Nitrate in Salt Marshes
WOODS HOLE – Scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory have studied salt marshes and concluded that nitrate, a common coastal water pollutant, stimulates the decomposition of organic matter in...