The White House earlier this week honored 2011 Highland Regional High School graduate and Camden County 4-H participant Neeta Patel as a "Champion of Change…" This past week, Obama’s White House selected the 4-H program as one to highlight wi…
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Some climate scientists, in a shift, link weather to global warming
The worst drought in half a century has plagued two-thirds of the nation, devastating farms and stoking wildfires that scorched almost 9 million acres this year…"If you have a rainy pattern and it hangs around for a long time, then that becomes a…
Francis Mansue Inducted into National 4-H Hall of Fame
New Jersey resident honored at ceremony held during National 4-H week in October
New oyster reef addition planted
Bill Shadel, the Habitat Restoration Program Director for the American Littoral Society, hopes the new oyster reef site planted in Barnegat Bay this past Wednesday will do good for the health of the ecosystem…The Good Luck Point reef site is being de…
Rutgers University Makes Real-Time Marine Data Accessible
The Coastal Ocean Observation Lab at Rutgers University (RU-COOL) is using Unidata and other open source technologies to collect, process, and make available a wide range of ocean data for use by students and researchers. We believe that our collection…
Global warming could make washout UK summers the norm, study warns
A repeat of this year’s washout summer is the last thing most people want from the English weather – but more of the same could be on the way, and could become the norm, a new study has warned, thanks to human activities warming the climate…Scientist…
How ‘mouth feel’ affects eating
Scientists say they’ve answered the age-old question of why that glass of Cabernet or Merlot goes so well with your steak: something called "mouth feel"… "The mouth is a magnificently sensitive [sensory] organ, arguably the most sensitive…
Expert FAQ: The Financial Illiteracy Epidemic: Why Young Adults Need Help With Their Finances, and How to Help
Many of today’s twenty-somethings and young adults are pretty clueless when it comes to their finances: retirement savings, smart investing, credit card debt — you name it. No offense, but our generation has a lot of catching up to do. Why isn’t more …
Stink Bugs On The Move And Inside Your House
They’re ugly, they’re creepy, and they’re breaking into your house any way they can. Stink bugs. As October’s nighttime temperatures fall off their summer highs, the pre-historic-looking pest that was first discovered in the U.S. in the late 1990s is o…
Rutgers University helps food vendors keep up with latest trends
Among foodie-friendly Philadelphians, the term "farm-to-table" tends to evoke thoughts of chef-driven restaurants rather than jars of ketchup…Working on behalf of the Rutgers Food Innovation Center (FIC), an arm of the university’s Agricultur…
