One block from the beach on the narrow Willoughby Spit, Bob Parsons was watching the weather news on TV in November 2009 when brackish water suddenly oozed up through the wood floors of his home and poured in from the front and back doors. He and his w…
Archives for 2013
Master Gardener class to start
The Monmouth County Master Gardener program is accepting applications for its next round of training. The deadline to apply is Jan. 6. "Each Master Gardener trainee receives in-depth, hands-on training in horticulture from the best in the field – R…
Landscape Architecture Students Make Professional Field Trip to Boston
Fifty Rutgers Landscape Architecture students descended upon the city of Boston on November 15 to attend the national conference for the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Holly Nelson and Joan Furlong, both practicing landscape architects in the Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture, led the professional field trip.
November 2013, Hottest on Record
"This year is likely to be among the top 10 warmest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization," Roger Harrabi (environment analyst), 2013 "One of Warmest" on Record, BBC News, Nov. 13, 2013. According to Michel Jarra…
Rutgers University study looks at climate change and interrelated variables
The changing climate is more complicated to model than we assumed. There are interrelated variables that work together to amplify the effects. For example, as summer sea-ice and snow shrink back in the Arctic, the number of summertime "extreme"…
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…
WHYY RadioTimes Interviews Marine Scientists Scott Glenn and Oscar Schofield
Rutgers marine scientists Oscar Schofield and Scott Glenn, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, speak with RadioTimes host Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY Public Radio in Philadelphia. They discuss “Gliderpalooza,” a collaborative ocean survey coordinated by American and Canadian government agencies and the role the Slocum gliders play in ocean research. Listen to the broadcast.
Housing Advocate Claims Sandy Recovery Grants Racially Biased
Black and Latino applicants for Sandy aid in New Jersey are more likely to be rejected for recovery grants than white applicants, according to data released Thursday by a New Jersey housing advocate. The rejection rate for whites who applied for New Je…
Cape May Tech students assist at oyster breeding site
Cape May County Technical High School senior Nate Horvath, even as he was being pelted with freezing rain, was glad to be out of the classroom. Horvath and five other seniors spent their school days this week helping move oysters at the Rutgers Cape Sh…
Scientists Say Microbes Create Hardier, Bigger Crops—Without Chemicals
Ever since Michael Pollan shared the nitty-gritty details of his gut bacteria, a lot of us have been not-so-secretly obsessed with microbes. Supermarket shelves are jammed with products boasting good-for-you probiotics. What if microbes can give plants…