The Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (JC NERR), which encompasses more than 115,000 acres of forested uplands, wetlands, aquatic habitats and barrier islands, is known among coastal practitioners in the state as a resource for tools and information to help communicate coastal flood risks in New Jersey. Managed by Rutgers NJAES in partnership with […]
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JCNERR and NJDEP partner to communicate coastal flood risk in N.J.
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
A New Jersey Treasure Saved Twice: The Rutgers University Insect Collection
The little-known Rutgers University Insect Collection is one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of New Jersey insects in the world. It was conceived in 1888 by the Reverend George Hulst, the first director, and the first acting professor of entomology of the Rutgers Department of Entomology. Then beginning in 1889, through the tireless […]
Landscape industry leaders holding workshop on sustainable practices
EcoComplex
Humble pond plant duckweed may help researchers develop better crops
Eric Lam – Department of Plant Biology
Middlesex County, Central NJ hit with flooding in wake of Tropical Storm Henri
David Robinson – New Jersey Climatologist at Rutgers University
How bad will Hurricane Henri get? Here’s what N.J. forecasters say.
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist at Rutgers University
No easy fix for flooding in NJ’s back bays
Rutgers Climate Change Resource Center
Study finds ‘cell-cultured’ or ‘cell-based’ best label for lab-grown meat
William Hallman – Department of Human Ecology
Improving Vaccination Rates in Vulnerable Communities
Cara Cuite, assistant extension specialist in the Department of Human Ecology, and Rutgers Cooperative Extension colleagues, lead an outreach program to migrant workers. Their efforts are part of a range of Rutgers community outreach focused on hard-hit populations. The story below originally appeared in Rutgers Today. As the COVID-19 Delta variant spreads and infection rates […]