When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Despite the seemingly never-ending challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Breanna Livingstone participated in the online offering of the Rutgers Environment and Public Health (EPH) Program in the summer of 2020, completed the required 200-hour health department internship, and passed the New Jersey Registered and Environmental Health […]
Microplastic Sizes in Hudson-Raritan Estuary and Coastal Ocean Revealed
Rutgers scientists for the first time have pinpointed the sizes of microplastics from a highly urbanized estuarine and coastal system with numerous sources of fresh water, including the Hudson River and Raritan River. Their study of tiny pieces of plastic in the Hudson-Raritan Estuary in New Jersey and New York indicates that stormwater could be an important source of the plastic […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Win for New Jersey’s Raritan River
Helping guide investments in climate resilience that also benefit ecosystem health is smart public policy. Rutgers Sustainable Raritan River Initiative is partnering with the New York-New Jersey Harbor and Estuary Program (HEP) to undertake an “Aquatic Connectivity Through Climate-Ready Infrastructure” project on the Lower Raritan River watershed. The project seeks to improve road-stream crossings at […]
In Memoriam: Ray Samulis, Former Burlington County Agricultural Agent
Raymond J. “Ray” Samulis, 69, of Roebling, New Jersey, passed away on February 24. He served as agriculture and natural resource agent for Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Burlington County and retired in late 2017 after 41 years of service. His primary responsibilities were vegetable crops, especially sweet corn; cranberries; and farm safety. Samulis served for […]
Equine Science Center Collaborates on Study of Clenbuterol Use for Harness Racing
Equine Science Center (ESC) faculty and alumni were part of a recently published study on the use of clenbuterol, an FDA-approved, therapeutic medication used for the management of inflammatory airway disease (IAD) and airway obstruction in horses. The United States Trotting Association (USTA) announced the results of the peer-review study, “Clenbuterol plasma concentrations after therapeutic […]
Snowdrops: The Start of the Garden Symphony
by Bruce Crawford, Program Leader in Home and Public Horticulture Every autumn, gardeners visit their favorite garden center and are confronted by rack upon rack of rather unappealing appearing “bulbs.” Occasionally, a gardener will take a leap of faith and buy a few of the dry, papery brown objects in the hopes that flowers, similar […]
