RESEARCH

The Ecosystems Center conducts research in projects from Alaska, Sweden and Russia in the Arctic to the Antarctic, from the streams and pastures of Brazil to the estuaries of New England... More>>>

EDUCATION

The Ecosystems Center is actively involved in education in a variety of ways. In addition to teaching in the Semester in Environmental Science, center scientists serve as adjunct professors and advisors in the Brown-MBL Graduate Program, members of doctoral committees and mentors for postdoctoral scientists and undergraduate interns...More>>>

The Semester in Environmental Science has been offered by the Ecosystems Center since 1997. During the past 10 years, 168 students have completed the course.... More>>>

NEWS

Effects of Land Use Changes on Alewife Population

Rita Oliveira Monteiro conducts her graduate research in some of Cape Cod’s most picturesque locations: Trunk River off Falmouth’s Surf Drive, Wing Pond ...More>>>

Alaska Fire Sparks New Research By Ecosystems Center Scientists
The tundra of the Arctic Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site on the North Slope of Alaska sits above hundreds of meters of frozen ground (permafrost)...More>>>

Two Terrestrial Ecologists Join Ecosystems Center Staff
Two scientists, Zoe G. Cardon of the University of Connecticut and Jianwu (Jim) Tang of the Chicago Botanic Garden, have joined the Ecosystems Center staff... More>>>

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