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In the arctic, microbial activity in previously frozen but now-thawing soil could release large amounts of carbon to the atmosphere, creating a feedback loop with global warming.This is Toolik Field Station in Alaska, site of the MBL-directed Long-Term Ecological Research project for the National Science Foundation.

Can Arctic Ecosystems Survive Without River Icings? | PBS NewsHour

April 28, 2017

Plum Island aerial photo

On Research Funding and Coastal Change | UnderCurrent Productions

March 25, 2017

Tundra landscape near Toolik Field Station, with the Brooks Range in the distance.

NSF Awards MBL $6.8 Million for Arctic Ecology, Climate Change Research

February 17, 2017

Salt marsh at Plum Island.

Salt Marshes Help Keep Us Above Water | WCAI

January 25, 2017

campus drone

MBL Scientists Receive Grant to Explore Survival Tactics of Desert Algae

November 16, 2016

campus drone

MBL Study Finds Limited Sign of Soil Adaptation to Climate Warming

November 14, 2016

campus drone

NSF Awards Marine Biological Laboratory $6.8 million for Coastal Marsh Research

October 18, 2016

Large chunks of grass and mud are falling into the water on some salt marshes on the Westport River. (Credit Chris Neill)

Scientists Work to Solve Westport River’s Eroding Salt Marsh Mystery | Buzzards Bay Coalition

September 13, 2016

Salt marsh hay (Spartina patens) at Plum Island Estuary in northeastern Massachusetts. Credit: David S. Johnson

The Plum Island Estuary: Studying how Marshes Respond to Sea-Level Rise | Science Nation

August 26, 2016