Geoff Trussell

At the first annual Sus­taining Coastal Cities con­fer­ence, national and inter­na­tional leaders began a con­ver­sa­tion on the future of fisheries.

Hosted by the Col­lege of Sci­ence, the Sus­tain­able Cities Con­fer­ence will bring together world leaders to dis­cuss the fragile state of marine ecosystems.

Geoff Trussell, Chair of the Depart­ment of Earth and Envi­ron­mental Sci­ences and Director of Northeastern’s Marine Sci­ence Center, pre­sented the Urban Coastal Sus­tain­ability Ini­tia­tive at the Col­lege of Sci­ence Col­lo­quium on Wednesday.

A biology grad­uate stu­dent col­lab­o­rates on a DNA study of a marine peri­winkle that offers new insight into how some species evolve.