Brian Helmuth

Modeled air temperature in Boston, Cambridge and Brookline. (Maps created by researchers at the Museum of Science, Boston and the Helmuth Lab at Northeastern University)

“Studying the historical responses of ecosystems like coral reefs to past changes in climate provides a useful guide. But these methods only get us so far,” says Brian Helmuth, a professor of marine and environmental sciences and public policy at Northeastern University. 

But they entrusted this group of scientists, led by Dan Distel, a shipworm marine biologist and director of Northeastern’s Ocean Genome Legacy Center, with the highly guarded coordinates for that day’s expedition.   A front would arrive that afternoon, but during that narrow window on Tuesday morning, it was safe enough for the 46-foot ship to circle over the […]

Modeled heat index, a measure of heat and humidity. (Maps created by researchers at the Museum of Science, Boston and the Helmuth Lab at Northeastern University. Traverse Points and Landsat Model Raster Data by CAPA Strategies.)

“They were just literally cooking out there,” Northeastern University marine ecologist Brian Helmuth told the site.