New Jersey Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) are getting you ready to preserve your fresh produce and other foods with 8 free webinars on home food preservation from April 15 and June 10. Hosted by experts from across New Jersey, each week will discuss different topics exploring step-by-step instructions, equipment, and best practices. “Preserving produce […]
Archives for April 2021
Yes, 17-year cicadas are coming back, but likely won’t bother you
George Hamilton – Department of Entomology
FCHS asks: RU Ready to Preserve Food at home?
Daryl Minch – Department of Family & Community Health Sciences
In Memoriam: Beatrice Devine, Coordinator of Extension Information Services
Beatrice (Kerico) Devine passed away on February 26, 2021 at Shady Oaks Assisted Living in Bristol, Connecticut. She was 97 years old. She was born in Shenandoah, PA September 2, 1923. She resided in East Brunswick, NJ until moving to Connecticut in 2018. Devine retired from Rutgers University on April 1, 1989 after working for […]
Corals Carefully Organize Proteins to Form Rock-Hard Skeletons
Scientists’ findings suggest corals will withstand climate change Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory of evolution, noted that corals form far-reaching structures, largely made of limestone, that surround tropical islands. He didn’t know how they performed this feat. Now, Rutgers scientists have shown that coral structures consist of a biomineral containing a […]
Corals carefully organize proteins to form rock-hard skeletons
Manjula P. Mummadisetti; Paul G. Falkowski – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Horseshoe crabs: Green Eggs and Sand/Gardener State
Thomas Grothues, Aquaculture Innovation Center
Nick Polanin, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County
As water bills grow, NJ urged to consider fund to help residents
Daniel Van Abs, Department of Human Ecology
“Ghost Forests” Expanding Along Northeast U.S. Coast
Higher groundwater levels from sea-level rise and increased flooding are likely the most important factors Why are “ghost forests” filled with dead trees expanding along the mid-Atlantic and southern New England coast? Higher groundwater levels linked to sea-level rise and increased flooding from storm surges and very high tides are likely the most important factors, according […]
Pandemic-weary chefs, cooks enjoy serving from home
Don Schaffner, Department of Food Science