At the height of the last ice age 20,000 years ago, the Delaware Bay did not exist. Then a warming trend, which continues to this day, joined the ancestral Delaware River with the ocean to create today’s Delaware Estuary. An estuary is a tidally flooded river valley. But 20,000 years ago, there were no tides yet to form it… “The ocean was 60 to 90 miles off the coast. Sea levels were about 390 feet lower back then,” said Kenneth Miller, a marine geologist at Rutgers University.
Archives for January 2015
The Heat is On; NOAA, NASA Say 2014 Warmest Year on Record
For the third time in a decade, the globe sizzled to the hottest year on record, federal scientists announced Friday. Both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA calculated that in 2014 the world had its hottest year in 135 years of record-keeping… “The globe is warmer now than it has been in the last 100 years and more likely in at least 5,000 years,” said climate scientist Jennifer Francis of Rutgers University, who wasn’t part of either research team. “Any wisps of doubt that human activities are at fault are now gone with the wind.”
Last Call: Tackling Terrorism, a Social Security Fight, Taxes and the GOP
In another sign the planet’s in trouble, NASA and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration announced that last year was the planet’s warmest since record-keeping began in 1880, and last month scientists recorded the highest average December temperatures — ever. Obama’s made climate change a centerpiece of his second term, but the GOP majority in Congress is packed with climate change skeptics in key places… “Anyone that has ever kept a fish tank knows that if you crank up your aquarium heater and dump acid into the water, your fish are in trouble. This is what climate change is doing now to the oceans,” study co-author Malin Pinsky, an ecologist at Rutgers University, said in a statement.
NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports 2014 as hottest year on record
The heat is on like never before. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Friday that 2014 was the hottest year since record-keeping began in 1880. “The globe is warmer now than it has been in the last 100 years and more likely in at least 5,000 years,” said Rutgers University climate scientist Jennifer Francis. It’s the third time in a decade that the Earth’s temperature has broken previous records, a trend scientists predict will continue as the planet warms.
The heat is on; NOAA, NASA says 2014 warmest year on record
For the third time in a decade, the globe sizzled to the hottest year on record, federal scientists announced Friday. Both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA calculated that in 2014 the world had its hottest year in 135 years of record-keeping… “The globe is warmer now than it has been in the last 100 years and more likely in at least 5,000 years,” said climate scientist Jennifer Francis of Rutgers University, who wasn’t part of either research team. “Any wisps of doubt that human activities are at fault are now gone with the wind.”
Celebrating 100 Years: Karl Maramorosch
The following is a tribute to Karl Maramorosch, Robert L. Starkey emeritus distinguished professor in the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers and emeritus professor in the Department of Entomology of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, by SEBS Executive Dean Bob Goodman on the occasion of Maramorosch’s 100th birthday on January 16, 2015. […]
Rutgers Home Gardeners School: 35 Ways to Grow Your Gardening Skills
Home Gardeners School returns on March 21 with 26 expert instructors and 35 workshop choices for plant lovers Plant enthusiasts will have the opportunity to learn innovative gardening and landscaping techniques from 26 of the state’s top home horticulture experts at the 39th Annual Rutgers Home Gardeners School on Saturday, March 21, 2015. Held from […]
Industrialized Ocean Could Devastate Marine Life
Will ocean wildlife soon face the same pressure that led to the extinction of many land animals when the world industrialized? A group of scientists fears the answer may be yes, writing in a paper just published in the journal Science… “Shrimp farms are eating up mangroves with an appetite akin to that of terrestrial farming, which consumed native prairies and forest,” said co-author Steve Palumbi, of Stanford University… Rutgers University ecologist and co-author Malin Pinsky added that climate change was also a concern going forward.
Stuart Country Day School in Princeton Hosts Gardening Symposium March 21
Stuart Country Day School in Princeton will be the home of an all-day garden symposium on March 21st. The Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County will host “Bringing Life to the Garden,” at the school, Mercer County officials announced this week. The Master Gardeners of Mercer County is a volunteer educational outreach program of Rutgers Cooperative Extension, located at 930 Spruce Street in Lawrence.
New Data Decodes The Speed Of Climate Change
A new study has proposed that the earth’s sea-level has not risen as much as previously believed in the 20th century, The New York Times reports. The team of researchers- from Harvard and Rutgers Universities- suggested a miniscule adjustment that coul…