Alan Robock – Department of Environmental Science
Archives for December 2016
Scott Glenn to Receive International Oceanography Award
Scott Glenn, distinguished professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences and co-director of the Center for Ocean Observing Leadership, was named winner of the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) Oceanography Award for “outstanding contributions to the field of oceanography.” Glenn, who was honored for his career developing and deploying new technologies that have […]
Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program: Helping Citizens Make A Difference in New Jersey
Pat Rector – Environmental and Resource Management Agent Cooperative Extension of Morris County
Arctic ice melt ‘already affecting weather patterns where you live right now’
The dramatic melting of Arctic ice is already driving extreme weather that affects hundreds of millions of people across North America, Europe and Asia, leading climate scientists have told the Guardian… In November, ice levels hit a record low, and we are now in “uncharted territory”, said Prof Jennifer Francis, an Arctic climate expert at Rutgers University in the US, who first became interested in the region when she sailed through it on a round-the-world trip in the 1980s. “These rapid changes in the Arctic are affecting weather patterns where you live right now,” she said. “In the past you have had natural variations like El Niño, but they have never happened before in combination with this very warm Arctic, so it is a whole new ball game. It is inconceivable that this ridiculously warm Arctic would not have an impact on weather patterns in the middle latitudes further south, where so many people live.”
Ten at Rutgers named science fellows
G. Charles Dismukes, Waksman Institute of Microbiology
Henry B. John-Alder, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Pal Maliga, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, and Waksman Institute of Microbiology.
Barbara O’Neill Receives AFCPE Distinguished Fellow Award
Distinguished professor Barbara O’Neill, Extension Specialist in Financial Resource Management, received this award from the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education on 11/18 at the AFCPE Symposium. The AFCPE Awards celebrate innovation, expertise and leadership in financial counseling and education. Each year, AFCPE members have the opportunity to nominate colleagues who are doing exceptional […]
The Polar Vortex Is Back: Is Global Warming Playing a Role?
Jennifer Francis – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Inside the largest Earth science event: ‘The time has never been more urgent’
Jennifer Francis – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
It’s not officially winter, but NJ already slammed with dangerous cold spell
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
Mark Robson (CC’77; GSNB’79, ’88; SPH’95): A Loyal Son Makes a Global Impact
The extensive career of Mark Robson, specialist in entomology and professor in the Department of Plant Biology (CC’77, GSNB’79, ’88), is profiled in the Fall 2016 edition of the 1766 Magazine, a publication of Rutgers Alumni Association.