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
U.S. Global Change Research Should Focus on Preparing for the Worst | National Academies
MBL Distinguished Scientist Jerry Melillo chaired the National Academies committee that wrote this advisory report for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which prepares the National Climate...
Emil Ruff Receives Simons Early Career Investigator Award | The Well
The Simons Foundation has selected MBL Assistant Scientist Emil Ruff for a 2021 Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Award.
This three-year award will fund...
Edgartown Great Pond Partners with MBL | The Martha's Vineyard Times
By Brian Dowd
The Edgartown Great Pond Foundation (GPF) is teaming up with the Woods Hole-based Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) to support the foundation’s ecosystem monitoring program at...
Wetlands and the MBL | The Well
February 2 is World Wetlands Day—a day to raise awareness about the role wetlands play in the health of ecosystems around the world. At the Marine Biological Laboratory, scientists at our...