While Superstorm Sandy was crashing down on the New Jersey coast, an underwater glider was miles offshore, sending back data to oceanographers at Rutgers University. It all started on Oct. 25, a few days before Sandy made landfall, with Travis Mil…
Archives for 2012
Hot Topic: In Sandy’s Aftermath, It’s Time to Take Extreme Weather and Climate Change Seriously
Rutgers Professor Kenneth G. Miller says there are tough choices ahead
Damage from Sandy means ordinary nor’easter could have destructive impact on N.J.
Seldom does such an ordinary storm garner such attention in New Jersey. Parts of the shore are not typically evacuated for a middling winter storm. Residents would not normally fret over a few inches of snow…"This is a recipe for real problems th…
Rutgers researchers analyze ocean data from storm
Travis Miles spent most of Monday on a boat, sailing past the devastation on the Jersey Shore in a quest to retrieve something that he and others hope will help warn people about the power of future storms. Miles, a PhD candidate in oceanography at Rut…
"Wacky Weather" here to stay
The amount of additional heat that entered the Arctic Ocean during the the summer of 2012 due to the decrease in sea ice was approximately enough to power the United States for about 26 years…A webinar ("Our Wacky Weather and Disappearing Sea Ice…
Lab mice and radar among the scientific victims of Sandy
As well as battering New York and much of the east coast, superstorm Sandy has taken its toll on vital scientific research and equipment…Each radar station consists of an antenna that measures the speed of ocean currents by receiving reflected radio …
Rutgers researchers analyze ocean data from storm
Travis Miles spent most of Monday on a boat, sailing past the devastation on the Jersey Shore in a quest to retrieve something that he and others hope will help warn people about the power of future storms. Miles, a PhD candidate in oceanography at Rut…
Determined to rebuild
Jim Purpuri is adamant. He’s staying. Purpuri’s resolve was unchanged, even after he and son Ryan, 27, found themselves in chest-deep, debris-filled water as superstorm Sandy raged about their home…"I think it’s time for the state to take some ac…
Determined to rebuild
Jim Purpuri is adamant. He’s staying. Purpuri’s resolve was unchanged, even after he and son Ryan, 27, found themselves in chest-deep, debris-filled water as superstorm Sandy raged about their home…"I think it’s time for the state to take some ac…
With nor’easter approaching, N.J. more vulnerable to storms thanks to Sandy’s destruction
In any given winter, New Jersey shrugs off nor’easters and other storm systems by the dozen. Life goes on. The state keeps moving. But the new reality after Superstorm Sandy flattened the coastline is far different…"We don’t have any coastal defe…
