Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Archives for March 2021
Spring is coming — could high pollen counts fuel COVID infection?
Leonard Bielory – Rutgers Center for Environmental Prediction
Cleaning up Southern Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor
By Rick Lathrop, Director- Rutgers Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis Helping guide investments in ecosystem health that also benefit local communities is smart public policy. Barnegat Bay on New Jersey’s central coast is recognized as a nationally significant coastal system and was designated as 28th National Estuary Program site by U.S. Environmental Protection […]
A Conversation with Polar Oceanographer Rebecca Jackson
By John Dos Passos Coggin This article continues Climate.gov’s series of interviews with current and former fellows in the NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Program about the nature of their research funded by NOAA and what career and education highlights preceded and followed it. Over the past 30 years, the Postdoctoral Program, funded by NOAA Climate Program […]
N.J. weather: 1 big snow record was broken this winter. More snowfall records under review.
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
What You Need to Know About Food Poisoning
Don Schaffner – Department of Food Science
Considerations for Soil in Raised Beds
By Stephanie Murphy, Ph.D., Director of the Rutgers Soil Testing Laboratory Interest in gardening grew prolifically during 2020 as the pandemic forced people to spend more time at home. Working in a garden provides a productive outdoor activity that is usually socially distanced from others. Inexperienced gardeners were wise if they reached out to Rutgers […]
Fishes Contribute Roughly 1.65 Billion Tons of Carbon in Feces and Other Matter Annually
Study estimates fishes contribute about 16 percent of the sinking carbon in upper ocean waters Scientists have little understanding of the role fishes play in the global carbon cycle linked to climate change, but a Rutgers-led study found that carbon in feces, respiration and other excretions from fishes – roughly 1.65 billion tons annually – make up […]
Global Warming’s Deadly Combination: Heat and Humidity
Robert Kopp, – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Fish contribute roughly 1.65 billion tons of carbon annually
Grace K. Saba – Center for Ocean Observing Leadership in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences