Johnston receives grant to help protect Northeast coastal communities

Clark University Professor of Economics Robert Johnston, director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute, was recently awarded a $199,947 grant from the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium for his project titled “Climate change adaptation and ecosystem service resilience in Northeast coastal communities.” The grant will support his research on the vulnerability of Northeast coastal communities to hazards from a changing climate and how communities can best adapt to these vulnerabilities.

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