Brian Helmuth

Brian Helmuth, a professor of marine and environmental science at Northeastern University, says it would make sense for alien life to begin a trip to Earth by exploring the world’s oceans.

Responding to emotional cues is common in the animal kingdom, too. “There are multiple studies of non-human animals showing that they respond to environmental cues we are not perceiving (at least not consciously), for example by increasing their levels of stress hormones before storms, or reacting to earthquakes or tidal waves,” Brian Hellmuth, professor of environmental […]

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.)

“We no longer think of climate change in the future when we do this kind of forecasting work,” Northeastern University marine ecologist Brian Helmuth told Bay Nature. “It’s how do you prepare for it now.”

“We no longer think of climate change in the future when we do this kind of forecasting work,” Northeastern University marine ecologist Brian told BayNature. 

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

Those factors led Northeastern University marine ecologist Brian Helmuth to tell Bay Nature that the internal temperatures of the mussels killed could’ve easily topped 100 degrees.