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Rooted in research: A study looks at effects of climate change on a less visible matter
January 15, 2019
Global warming brings to mind scenes of devastating natural disasters and polar bears on shrinking... more»
Team Studies how Viral Infections in Plants may Affect Carbon Storage in Soil
January 9, 2019
MBL Senior Scientist Zoe Cardon has received a collaborative grant from the Department of Energy to... more»
Improving Predictions of Soil Microbe Responses to Global Change
November 27, 2018
In most soil microbial communities, the controls on growth and metabolism are poorly understood and... more»
Five Reasons the Earth’s Climate Depends on Forests | Climate and Land Use Alliance
October 10, 2018
MBL Distinguished Scientist Jerry Melillo and MBL Fellow Robert Howarth of Cornell University are... more»
Long-Term Study of Oil Spill Impacts in Gulf of Mexico is Renewed
October 10, 2018
Anne Giblin, Interim Director of the MBL Ecosystems Center, has received funding for a study on... more»
MBL Team to Assess How Managing Forests May Reduce Nitrogen Load to Cape Cod Waters
August 21, 2018
MBL Ecosystems Center scientists Ivan Valiela and Javier Lloret have received a grant to quantify... more»
Study Aims to Understand Invasive Algae's Success in New England Waters
May 14, 2018
One of the world’s most successful marine invasive species — the red... more»
MBL Scientists Describe Major Differences Between Related Desert and Aquatic Algae
April 10, 2018
Staying alive in the desert is no simple matter for green algae whose evolutionary ancestors lived... more»
Team Discovers a Significant Role for Nitrate in the Arctic Landscape
March 26, 2018
Nitrogen, an essential plant nutrient, is most readily absorbed by plants in its ammonium and... more»
Zoe Cardon is Elected Fellow of the Ecological Society of America
March 1, 2018
MBL Senior Scientist Zoe G. Cardon has been elected a life Fellow of the Ecological Society of... more»
MBL Researchers Contribute to Children's Book on Impacts of Fertilizers and Pesticides
January 25, 2018
Jane Tucker, senior research assistant in the MBL Ecosystems Center, co-wrote this new book for... more»
Framework for Reducing Nitrogen Pollution on College Campuses Receives National Award
November 16, 2017
The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and six partners have received an award for developing... more»
Team Explores Salt Marsh Restoration to Offset Global Warming
November 8, 2017
Salt marshes have been flooded by inland freshwater along nearly a third of the U.S. Atlantic... more»
Measuring the Risky Feedback Between Soil Carbon and Global Warming
November 7, 2017
A radio interview with MBL Distinguished Scientist Jerry Melillo about his 26-year soil warming... more»
Despite Crabs, Rising Sea Levels, and Man, the Great Marsh Can be Protected to Shield Coastal Communities
October 24, 2017
by John Muldoon.
Poor old Ipswich. It’s at the mouth of a river, where it gets the last leftover... more»
One of Oldest Climate Change Experiments Leads to Troubling Conclusion | Washington Post
October 6, 2017
One of the regular complaints of climate change doubters and skeptics is that scientific... more»
Alaskan Tundra Research An Inspiration In The Classroom
September 8, 2017
Lawrence School 7th-grade science teacher Celeste Cruse traveled thousands of miles to the Arctic... more»
Collaborators to Investigate Structure of Microbial Food Webs
August 28, 2017
MBL Senior Scientist Joseph Vallino has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to... more»
Research will Compare Landscape Responses to Climate Variations
August 27, 2017
MBL Senior Scientist Edward Rastetter has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to... more»
Creation of National Microbiome Initiative
May 13, 2016
Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced a new, National Microbiome... more»