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Tisbury Great Pond inlet to the sea. Do not reuse photo. Photo by Ray Ewing, Vineyard Gazette — Scientific Study Traces Nitrogen in Great Ponds Directly to Wastewater | The Vineyard Gazette

NSF GRFP recipient Sarah Messenger in Alaska during her time as a Research Assistant at the MBL. Credit: Sarah Messenger — Former MBL Undergrads Awarded NSF Fellowships

Faculty Testimonials Highlight Uniqueness of SES Program

Diatoms, illustration by Ernst Haeckel (Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 84. Credit: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons — What Controls Nitrogen’s Fate in Marine Sediments? Giblin Explores with New Collaborative Grant

The Jerry M. Melillo Directorship in Environmental Science

The Marine Biological Laboratory proudly announces the decision to name the directorship of the Semester in Environmental Science program the Jerry M. Melillo Directorship in Environmental Science, an endowed fund.

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Featured Learning Experiences

Semester in Environmental Science

The Semester in Environmental Science (SES) is a 15-week fall semester at the Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The curriculum provides an intensive field and laboratory-based introduction to ecosystem science and the biogeochemistry of coastal forests, freshwater ponds and estuaries.

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Media Mentions

The Ecosystems Center in the News!

Three Things We Must Do to Tackle Climate Change | Scientific American

Climate Change is Already Disrupting US Forests and Coasts | The Conversation

Heat-loving microbes recycle organic carbon in the seafloor | Microbiology

Slow Research to Understand Fast Change | Ecological Society of America

World Wetlands Day and the MBL

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