NOAA Sea Grant announced $16 million in federal funding awards to support 42 research projects and collaborative programs aimed at advancing sustainable aquaculture in the United States. Rutgers scientists are among those serving as principal investigators of three of the 42 projects. Rutgers scientists David Bushek, professor and director of Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) […]
Archives for September 2019
LA Students Give Rutgers Golf Course Entrance a Makeover
Senior Landscape Architecture students Jessica MacPhee and Katherine Rodriguez, who are participating in a six-week paid internship with the Rutgers Golf Course on Busch Campus, gave the entrance to the course a much-needed facelift this month. As part of the internship, they re-designed the 250-foot long golf course entrance garden, a project that was overseen […]
Fish are in trouble with the climate crisis, IPCC report finds
Malin Pinsky – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Soils could be affected by climate change
Daniel Gimenez – Department of Environmental Sciences
Soils Could Be Affected by Climate Change, Impacting Water and Food
Rutgers-led study shows how increased rainfall can reduce water infiltration in soils Coasts, oceans, ecosystems, weather and human health all face impacts from climate change, and now valuable soils may also be affected. Climate change may reduce the ability of soils to absorb water in many parts of the world, according to a Rutgers-led study. […]
Message from Chancellor Brian Strom: Taking Action to Prevent Eastern Equine Encephalitis
September 23, 2019 Dear Members of the Rutgers Community: The New Jersey Department of Health has been actively working to spur action from New Jerseyans to take precautions to prevent the spread of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV), a serious and sometimes deadly virus transmitted to people and horses by the bite of […]
Rutgers-Led Study Claims Nuclear Winter Would Threaten Nearly Everyone on Earth
Second study of its kind confirms extreme impacts from U.S. vs. Russia nuclear war If the United States and Russia waged an all-out nuclear war, much of the land in the Northern Hemisphere would be below freezing in the summertime, with the growing season slashed by nearly 90 percent in some areas, according to a […]
Rutgers study claims nuclear winter would threaten everyone
Alan Robock – Department of Environmental Sciences
World’s Hard Fought Battle Against Climate Change
Pam McElwee, Department of Human Ecology
Should You Toss That Food? Let Your Senses Help You Decide
Donald W. Schaffner – Department of Food Science; Rutgers Cooperative Extension