It’s a long way from the Arctic Ocean to southern Alberta, but scientists are increasingly intrigued by theories that link disappearing sea ice to off-the-hook weather such as last week’s flooding. Many are coming to believe there’s a common thread bet…
Archives for June 2013
Asian Tiger Mosquitoes as Ferocious as their Namesakes
Asian mosquitoes are as ferocious as their namesakes, tigers – and they’re the latest disease-carrying pest to invade the United States in droves. The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), which was first brought to Texas in a shipment of tires (in …
Health officials warn about invasion of the Asian tiger mosquito
The Aedes albopictus gets its nick-name, the Asian tiger mosquito because of the black-and-white stripes on its body. It was first brought to Texas in a shipment of tires according to the Wall Street Journal. On Wednesday, media outlets warned about th…
RCE Agent Gef Flimlin Judges New Jersey’s Top Seafood Chef Competition
Marine agent Gef Flimlin of Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County was a member of a select panel of judges at the 2013 Jersey Seafood Challenge, where chefs vying for the state title to compete in a national competition create delectable dishes using Jersey Seafood. The competition was held on June 19 at Drumthwacket, the […]
Prof. Kenneth McKeever Receives Distinguished Service Award in Equine Science
Kenneth McKeever, associate director for research at the Equine Science Center at Rutgers University and professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, received the Equine Science Society’s (ESS) most prestigious honor, the Distinguished Service Award in Equine Science, on May 31. The award was presented during […]
Kristina Guttadora (CC ’99): Dedication to Helping Others Started Here
Last time we saw Kristina Mayberry Guttadora (Plant Biology, ’99) she was lugging huge bags of collard greens that had been gleaned from farmer Jim Giamarese’s field and was loading them on a truck for area food banks. Kristina is program director of Farmers Against Hunger, and since taking over in June 2011 has tirelessly […]
Jet stream seen as one culprit in Alberta floods and upside-down weather
It’s a long way from the Arctic Ocean to southern Alberta, but scientists are increasingly intrigued by theories that link disappearing sea ice to off-the-hook weather such as last week’s flooding. Many are coming to believe there’s a common thread bet…
Weather extremes tied to jet stream
Lately, the jet stream isn’t playing by the rules. Scientists say that big river of air high above Earth that dictates much of the weather for the Northern Hemisphere has been unusually erratic the past few years. They blame it for everything from snow…
Alaska Feels Record High Temps, NASA Takes Rare Overhead Photo of the State Cloudfree
A high pressure system over Alaska enabled NASA to capture a rare satellite image of the state almost completely devoid of cloud cover, but the odd and unusually hot weather has some climate scientists concerned. Most days, the state is awash in clouds…
94 in Alaska? Weather extremes tied to jet stream
The jet stream, the river of air high above Earth that generally dictates the weather, usually rushes rapidly from west to east in a mostly straight direction. But lately it seems to be wobbling and weaving like a drunken driver, wreaking havoc as it g…