One undergraduate student and two high school students affiliated with the lab of Tracy Anthony, associate professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, won prestigious research awards for their investigative and laboratory work during the summer of 2013.
Archives for December 2013
Sea Level & Risk of Flooding Rising Rapidly in Mid-Atlantic
During the 20th century, sea levels along the highly populated U.S. Mid-Atlantic coastline between New York and Virginia rose faster than in any other century during the past 4,300 years, according to a new study. And as those sea levels continue to in…
How Scientific Sea Drones Are Becoming the Eyes of the Navy
Last fall Rutgers University ocean researcher Oscar Schofield headed a collaborative experiment called Gliderpalooza, which coordinated 15 aquatic, submersible research drones to sample the deep waters off the coastal Atlantic. About 5 feet long and sh…
Melting Arctic sea ice could be altering jet stream
The rapidly warming Arctic isn’t noteworthy only for its own sake. Changes there affect the rest of the planet in a number of ways. Recently, there has been a lot of interest in whether the dwindling Arctic summer sea ice could be weirding the weather …
Scientists Map Vast Reserves Of Freshwater Under The Seabed
Not all the water in the sea is seawater. Scientists think there are vast reserves of fresh groundwater buried under the oceans – a potentially valuable resource for coastal cities that need freshwater. A recent report in Nature estimates the amount of…
Master Gardeners muscle up for the Westfield Y’s Men Club Christmas tree sale
The large lot on the corner of Elm and Walnut streets in Westfield was once again a busy thoroughfare on Sunday morning, Dec. 8, as 21 Master Gardeners helped unload a delivery of Frasier Fir trees for the Westfield Y’s Men’s Club. The trees were being…
4-H Exchange Program to Russia and New Jersey
During the months of June and July this year, the 4-H Teen Russian/American International Leadership (T.R.A.I.L.) program conducted an exchange where New Jersey 4-H youth traveled to the city of St. Petersburg as well as the city of Petrozavodsk, located in the northwestern region of Karelia, Russia, for a two week home-stay with a fledgling […]
Alien Cockroach Species Invading the U.S.
New York City, home to eight million people and untold numbers of cockroaches, just got a few more of the latter. A newly seen species, Periplaneta japonica, has just been discovered in New York’s elevated High Line park. As its name implies, the cockr…
Invasive cockroach found in NYC can take the cold
The High Line, a park that turned a dilapidated stretch of elevated railway on Manhattan’s West Side into one of New York’s newest tourist attractions, may have brought a different kind of visitor: a cockroach that can withstand harsh winter cold and n…
Summer Heat Waves May Be Linked To Sea Ice Loss
As much of the United States shivers through a cold spell, readers may be hard pressed to remember the summer heat waves that have been coming in increasing frequency. The southwestern U.S. baked during this past summer. High heat in the Midwest and Ea…