This month’s Staff Spotlight focuses on Eileen Glick who shares something about herself with the campus community. How long have you been working at SEBS and what other positions have you held, if any? I have been at the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology for 25 years. I started working part-time at Rutgers in 1981 […]
Archives for November 2012
True science or fiction? Could paint or plankton save our climate from disaster?
The reality of climate change is beginning to sink in. After two decades of theory-based predictions and computer modelling, a growing number of scientists now say we are seeing a profound shift in global weather patterns…In 2008, Professor Alan Robo…
Warming climate brings worse allergies
The impact that climate change could have on our weather has been a hot topic lately. But a recent study shows that the changing climate could affect more than just the thermometer. The study, led by Leonard Bielory of Rutgers University , found that c…
Experts argue global warming’s impact on Sandy’s unusual path to N.J.
It wasn’t supposed to happen. That’s what the weather experts kept saying immediately before, during and after Sandy smacked New Jersey in the face. Not this far north, they said, not in autumn, and certainly not this bad…But six weeks be…
How do we adapt to what may be weather’s new normal?
The list grows longer. Irene. The October snowstorm. Violent summer thunderstorms that flooded the Passaic and Hackensack river systems. Sea level rise. Three straight years of above-average temperatures. Now, Sandy — and an early nor’easte…
Online Search Habits Reveal When Our Allergies Are Worst
When are our allergies the worst? The Internet holds the answer, new research suggests. In a study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, researchers found that online searches for specific aller…
The year 2040: Double the pollen, double the allergy suffering?
With this year’s unseasonably warm temperatures and extended seasons, many have coined 2012 as being the worst for allergies. But if you thought your symptoms were worse than ever, just wait until the year 2040…The study, taking place at Rutgers Univ…
N.J. Coast Faced Historic Wallop From Sandy
The highly unusual weather factors that brought superstorm Sandy to New Jersey caused "the worst coastal battering on record," the state’s official climatologist said in a new report. The early study, released Thursday night by state climatolog…
Pollen Increasing at Feverish Pace, Study Finds
Many people believe that this was the worst year for hay fever, but seasonal allergies will get worse as pollen counts more than double over the next 28 years, a new study predicts. In 2040, pollen levels are predicted to peak on April 8, according to …
Area man in Inventors Hall of Fame
A Rutgers professor emeritus and Millstone resident credited with saving the U.S. dogwood industry has been inducted into the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. Elwin Orton, professor emeritus of plant biology and pathology at Rutgers University, devel…