Peter Piot got his first dose of global public-health work in Zaire more than 35 years ago, at the bedside of the world’s earliest Ebola patients. The scene was gruesome: patients oozed thick, dark blood from every opening and died atop the rusty sprin…
Archives for June 2013
New Jersey agency tries to ward off pests without insecticides
Researchers at the Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research had helped reduce pesticide use in blueberry fields by about 60 percent in recent years, when they suffered a setback. "We got this new invasive species," said Dea…
Saving the shore: Efforts under way to protect ecosystem from next super big storm
The ecosystem here along the Maurice River shoreline is still feeling the effects of Superstorm Sandy, although it’s in much better shape than other communities around the Delaware Bay, according to scientists. However, they’re still taking precautions…
Assistant Prof. Annemarie Carlton’s Interview on Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study
Across much of the U.S. and in many other places around the world, temperatures are rising. Most places, that is, except the southeast U.S. While many scientists are trying to explain global warming, a collaborative group of researchers is seeking to unlock the mysteries of the Southeast’s cooling. The Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study is comprised […]
SEBS Staff Venture into the Garden
It was a bright, sunny first day of summer when Bruce Crawford, director of the Rutgers Gardens, took 12 SEBS staff members on a guided tour of the gardens as part of a SEBS Staff Community Initiative activity. Much like Dr. Seuss’ character, the Lorax, who “speaks for the trees,” Crawford speaks for the Rutgers […]
The Heat is On: Climate Change and New Jersey
The New Jersey Climate Adaption Alliance has received $400,000 from the Kresge Foundation to help New Jersey adapt to climate change. Read what’s in store for New Jersey as we face rising seas and temperatures.
Pineland Farms Hosts Pig Roast on June 30 to Benefit NJ Farmers Against Hunger
On June 30, Pinelands Farms will host its second annual Pig Roast to benefit New Jersey Agricultural Society’s Farmers Against Hunger (FAH), which is directed by Rutgers graduate Kristina Guttadora (CC’99). The roast will take place at the Pineland Farms booth at the Trenton Farmers Market, 960 Spruce Street, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. […]
Jane Says: Kitchen Microbes Are Mobile, Smart, Altruistic and Must Be Defeated
National outbreaks of foodborne illnesses appear in the news with depressing regularity. If you keep up with us here at TakePart or get updates from the always-unnerving Food Poison Journal, you know that most of the problem lies in food that’s already…
Warren County prepares for summer mosquito outbreaks
Jennifer Gruener, superintendent of Warren County’s Mosquito Control Commission, said the area’s nine inches of rainfall since May does not bode well for mosquito containment. "It’s going to get worse because of the rain we’ve had that produced riv…
Unusual weather linked to jet stream wobbles
The jet stream, the air current high above Earth that dictates the weather, normally moves in a fairly straight line from west to east. But recently its pattern has been more erratic. The more the jet stream departs from this west-east line, the more c…