Nolan Lewin – Rutgers Food Innovation Center
Archives for February 2021
Microbes could pose health, ecosystem risks when rain brings them to Earth
Human health and ecosystems could be affected by microbes including cyanobacteria and algae that hitch rides in clouds and enter soil, lakes, oceans and other environments when it rains, according to a Rutgers co-authored study. “Some of the organisms we detected in clouds and rain are known to have possible impacts on human health and […]
As water temperatures rise, Rutgers scientists breed tougher shellfish
Ximing Guo – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
A Look at Climate Change and the IPCC as the U.S. Re-enters the Paris Agreement
Climate change is one of the most serious global problems today. Increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, acidification of the ocean, damaging hurricanes, droughts, wildfires and other extreme events have caused devastating human, environmental and economic damage. In response to escalating climate change concerns, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was created in 1988 by […]
Living with climate catastrophe
Robert Kopp – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers Researcher Invents Microbiota Formula to Help High-Risk Patients Fight COVID-19
Clinical trial approved by the FDA starting in February A Rutgers scientist has invented an early treatment for COVID-19 to prevent severe complications and hospitalizations in patients with prediabetes and diabetes by increasing beneficial bacteria in the gut and reducing organisms that cause coronavirus. The treatment – created by researcher Liping Zhao – was given […]
N.J. has too many deer and legislators need to do something about it | Opinion
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Deadly White-Nose Syndrome Changed Genes in Surviving Bats
Study has big implications for management of bat populations. Scientists have found genetic differences between bats killed by white-nose syndrome and bats that survived, suggesting that survivors rapidly evolve to resist the fungal disease, according to a Rutgers-led study with big implications for deciding how to safeguard bat populations. White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats in […]
Black History Month: Kate Brown – Alumna and RCE Program Associate
Editors Note: We sincerely apologize for the recent Instagram post of an image from this article that had no context and referenced Black History Month. Black History Month is an opportunity to acknowledge the many contributions of African Americans in our development as a nation and society and an opportunity to address ongoing racial injustice. […]
Impending Winter Storm Could Lead To Record Monthly Snow Totals For Tri-State Area
Dave Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist