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April 2004, Vol. 13, No. 4| Back Issues
Plum Island Sound Projects Link Science to Local Community
As the pressures of human population and land development increase and the threat of global warming and rising sea level looms, coastal communities around the nation are all facing the same problem. How do they resolve issues like housing growth and the proper discharge of sewage effluent yet preserve the delicate habitat around them?
There are no easy answers, and while it’s true that science will provide the basis for making these decisions, once researchers identify the causes, deciding what to do (if anything) will be a societal decision...more »
New Center for Oceans and Human Health Established in Woods Hole
Scientists in the MBL’s Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution have joined together with researchers from WHOI and MIT to form the Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health (COHH). The new Center will serve as a focal point for research on issues at the intersection of oceanographic, biological, and environmental health sciences, such as harmful algal blooms and organisms in coastal waters and estuaries that cause human illness and death...more »
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