Alan Robock – Department of Environmental Sciences
Archives for October 2018
Study: Freak summer weather and wild jet-stream patterns are on the rise because of global warming
Jennifer Francis – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
The swamp science that lured travelers to their doom–and inspired the jack-o’-lantern
Doug Eveleigh; Jeff Boyd – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Once Upon An Oyster: Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory Helps Protect New Jersey’s Century Old Shellfish Industry
Dave Bushek – Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory and Department of Marine and Coastal Science at Rutgers
Brand New Trail Opens Access to Remote Section of Rutgers Ecological Preserve
The Rutgers Ecological Preserve and Natural Teaching Area is a 360-acre wooded preserve located between Busch and Livingston Campus in Piscataway. The preserve–one of the largest contiguous patches of forest in the area–is habitat to diverse wildlife including wild turkeys, pileated woodpeckers, salamanders, red tailed hawks, herons, snakes, turtles, fish and foxes. The landscape covers […]
Rutgers Study Reveals Residents’ Attitudes and Home Sanitation Predict Presence of German Cockroaches
With the support of a grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center, Changlu Wang, associate extension specialist in the Department of Entomology, and his team of researchers discovered that home sanitation and residents’ attitudes were a good predictor of the presence of German Cockroaches (Blattodea: Ectobiidae) in their apartments. The study […]
A new reality for plovers on the Jersey Shore
Brooke Maslo – Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Camden County greenhouses are feeding Philadelphia Zoo
Master Gardeners – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
An Aquatic Drone Is New England’s First Line of Hurricane Defense
Scott Glenn – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
12 Facts About the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Dina Fonseca – Center for Vector Biology; Department of Entomology