A new frog species has been found that ranges from Connecticut to North Carolina and emits a distinct call that sounds more like a cough than a croak. The find not only welcomes a new frog to a life of recognition and a fancy classification name, but i…
Ocean Drones On the Lookout for Hurricanes
Aquatic drones, known as gliders, will soon surf the waves and dive into the deep from Nova Scotia to Georgia. The gliders will collect data during the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. By recording conditions in the middle of a storm the gliders …
Five Top Volcano Mysteries: Solved!
Here are five big volcano-related questions that have been answered in the last decade by volcanologists, according to Alan Robock of the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University. He summarized them in this week’s issue of Eos, a publ…
New Bed Bug Trap Lures Bloodsuckers
East Coast urbanites – especially those in New York City – are all too familiar with seeing warning labels on curbed furniture and wrapped mattresses to know that the scourge of bed bugs is never to be underestimated. Helping fight the good fight again…
New Jersey Shore Under Oceanic Assault
As Hurricane Sandy lashed the East coast last October, the ocean invaded New Jersey. It revealed a snapshot of a possible future with a warmer climate, where the ice on Greenland and Antarctica melt and sea levels rise globally. That future has already…
Geoengineering Schemes Split Scientists
Dismissed for decades as a climate-controlling scheme that could do the planet more harm than good, geoengineering is getting a new look by both scientists and the public…Rutgers University climate scientist professor Al Robock remains skeptical of g…