James J. McCarthy

 Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography
 

• Harvard University Center for the Environment
• Future of Energy at Harvard
• Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
• Museum of Comparative Zoology
• Center for Health and the Global Environment
• Environmental Science and Public Policy Program

Research Interests

Marine nitrogen cycling; coastal and offshore plankton productivity; biological-physical interactions in the sea; effects of climate change on marine systems

Environmental Courses

EPS 337/OEB 345: Biological Oceanography
ESPP 90f: Global Change and Human Health
ESPP 90m: Technological Approaches to Mitigation of Climate Change
OEB 118: Biological Oceanography
OEB 157: Global Change Biology
OEB 255: Nature and Regulation of Marine Ecosystems

Related Publications

Synthesis report of the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment. (2007)
Nitrogen cycling in the offshore waters of the Black Sea. (2007)
Saami reindeer pastoralism under climate change: applying a generalized framework for vulnerability studies to a sub-arctic social-ecological system. (2007)
Climate Change in the Context of Multiple Stressors and Resilience. (2005)
Assessing Climate Stability. (2004)