Perched on the harbor’s edge, the New England Aquarium offers a front-row view of climate change, and the damage it can cause. The popular tourism attraction missed out on nearly $1 million in revenue last year when it had to close for four days after flooding turned it into an island. Those memories are still fresh as its executives begin the search for a firm to conduct a climate vulnerability assessment of the waterfront campus, the first stage in an ambitious expansion planned for several phases over the next 10 years. But chief executive Vikki Spruill isn’t looking to batten down the hatches. Instead, she wants to throw open the doors.
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