Homepage - Northeastern University Building knowledge and innovative strategies to create cleaner, safer, smarter coastal communities Learn More Research Exploration that delivers actionable results Research Partnerships Collaboration among the world's best minds Partnerships People Premier faculty conquering complex coastal threats People Resources A state-of-the-art coastal hub near Boston Resources “We’re committed to producing innovative, interdisciplinary research that yields sustainable solutions to the biggest challenges confronting the world’s coastal ecosystems.” Geoff Trussell, executive director, Coastal Sustainability Institute Featured News 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. Read More 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.” Read More climate change Breakthrough research uses machine learning to better predict New England floods by Noah Lloyd Researchers at Northeastern University used machine learning to aggregate nearly five decades of weather data to better understand the factors that lead to New England flooding. Read More View All News 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