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Environment
Mississippi River Keeps Flooding and Humans Are to Blame, Data Show
by Allie Nicodemo
Transforming the Mississippi River to its current state has been like domesticating a wild wolf. The river today is generally calm, easy to navigate, and friendly to people living and farming nearby. But without billions of dollars in engineering over hundreds of years, we’d be dealing with a...
Politics
Northeastern Co-Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing on Coastal Sustainability
by Jason Kornwitz
Northeastern co-hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on coastal sustainability on Wednesday afternoon, convening a panel of stakeholders to discuss the threats facing coastal communities and the best practices for keeping them secure.
Coastal communities are facing increasing threats related to...
Politics
Science and Politics: Finding Common Ground
by Thea Singer
Science and politics: The relationship is hotly debated in the news these days, with both lawmakers and the public noting a great divide between support for research among Republicans and Democrats.
But two papers by Northeastern researchers point to a subtler—more conciliatory—...
Coastal Imperative
40%
of the world’s population lives within 100 km of a coast
$1.5T
Amount oceans contribute annually in value-add to the world economy
275M
Estimated number of people living in areas that will be flooded due to global warming