Northeastern's Marine Science Center is Becoming a Leader in Urban Coastal Sustainability

By Jeanne O'Brien CoffeyJutting into the Atlantic at the northern edge of Boston Harbor, Nahant has long been a natural spot for marine research. More than 150 years ago, the science of American marine biology was founded at East Point by Louis Agassiz, a Harvard professor who maintained his summer cottage and laboratory in the seaside village. More recently, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, the Obama administration's undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere, as well as administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, did groundbreakingÂ research in experimental marine ecology in Nahant in the 1970s.It should c

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