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Fisheries
In the News: CSI research on soft-shell clam decline on WGBH
by Sierra Muñoz
Soft-shell clam harvests on Massachusetts' North Shore have plummeted nearly 80% since 1950, and a two-year collaboration between scientists and local clammers is trying to find out why.
Fisheries
Northeastern CSI Tapped for $1.6M WHOI Sea Grant Partnership
by Sierra Muñoz
Professor Jennifer Bowen has received WHOI Sea Grant funding to investigate bacterial contamination threatening Massachusetts soft-shell clam harvests.
Coastal Resilience
CSI Awarded $1M to Put Communities at the Center of Flood Risk Reduction
by CSI Staff
CSI researchers Samuel Muñoz, James Dennedy-Frank, Geoffrey Trussell and Damon Hall were awarded a $998,696 NSF grant for “Working with communities to reduce flood risk and increase resilience.”
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