By normal standards, the scrapping of two controversial dams planned in a protected area should have been a done deal by now…In the case of the two dams in Cat Tien National Park, "the private developer wants to benefit economically from the cons…
Archives for December 2012
After the Storm, Not All Wood is Fit for Firewood
Nick Polanin, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County agricultural agent, gives advice on preparing firewood from trees damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Read the article at MyCentralJersey.com.
New building codes on hold until flood maps released
Superstorm Sandy could transform life on the Jersey Shore beyond the mass destruction caused by its storm swells…Though homeowners are hurrying to rebuild and resume life as it was before the storm, Michael Kennish, a research professor of estuary an…
Best Bets for Finding the Snow
Forget racing down the slopes. The sport skiers have had to master in recent years has been chasing the snow. Resorts in the United States reported the lowest average snowfall in 20 years last season, forcing half to open late and nearly half to close …
SEBS 2012 Meteorology Graduate Lands Dream Job as TV Broadcaster
There are some students who enter college unsure of a career path, using the opportunity to select from the wide range of academic offerings until they find a niche that fits their talents and interests. Then there are those who, often from an early age, know exactly what they want to do and what they […]
Encyclopedia of Life Podcast Examines National Moth Week
It’s night in the woods. Numerous flashlight beams dart through the trees. Moonshiners? A cult? Neither. It’s Moth Night and a bevy of moth seekers armed with flashlights are illuminating the wondrous nocturnal Lepidoptera alighting on the trees. This scene can be witnessed often in East Brunswick, NJ. Thanks to local Moth Nights, sponsored by […]
Brian Schilling Receives Two Cooperative Extension 2012 Recognition Awards
Each year, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, a unit of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), honors faculty and staff for their outstanding work and outreach through their programs and support. The winners for 2012 received their awards at the joint department luncheon at the Cook Campus Center on Nov. 27. Brian Schilling, assistant extension specialist […]
Marine Scientist Kay Bidle Wins Prestigious Moore Foundation Award
Rutgers’ marine scientist Kay Bidle, associate professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, joins 15 other scientists from institutions like Harvard, Cal Tech and MIT, who received a Marine Microbiology Initiative Investigator Award on Dec. 3. The scientists will share up to $35 million in […]
Should Consumers Be Concerned About Yersinia?
When Consumer Reports released the results of a study last week that found most pork was contaminated with Yersinia enterocolitica, the media and bloggers were abuzz with headlines like: "Almost 70 Percent of Pork In Stores Unsafe," "Widesp…
Robson one of five Rutgers Professors Named AAAS Fellow
Mark Gregory Robson, dean of agricultural and urban programs in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, and professor and extension specialist in entomology is one of five Rutgers professors among 702 scholars that the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elevated to the rank of fellow. The pre-eminent national scientific organization […]