The seminal international publication coincides with National Estuaries Week National Estuaries Week, which will be observed this year from Sept. 16-23, is an annual celebration of the environmental significance of estuaries. Established in 1988 as National Estuaries Day, it was expanded to a weeklong observation to increase public awareness of the critical ecological and societal […]
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K-12 Students Participate in Immersive Forest Management STEM Experience at Rutgers
Shreya Dutt, a high school student in East Brunswick, was fascinated by the topic of controlled application of fire used by experts to manage forests that she developed a video for use in her local library and as part of her YouTube channel. Shreya was one of 20 high students who spent two Saturdays over […]
Why the Sea Ice in Antartica is Alarming Scientists
It’s currently winter in Antarctica, but that doesn’t mean the polar region is exempt from the extreme temperatures that are scorching the world. While normally the ocean around Antarctica freezes in the winter, growing sea ice that is essential to the marine food web, this year that ice isn’t growing as usual. “What we’re seeing […]
Using Evidence From Last Ice Age, Scientists Predict Effects of Rising Seas on Coastal Habitats
Extent of future warming will dictate impacts, according to research involving a Rutgers scientist The rapid sea level rise and resulting retreat of coastal habitat seen at the end of the last Ice Age could repeat itself if global average temperatures rise beyond certain levels, according to an analysis by an international team of scientists […]
How a “Marine Heatwave” Is Creating a More Chaotic Hurricane Season
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatogist
Scientists and Researchers Explore Immersive Science Learning for Rutgers Undergraduates
Researchers at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) have been exploring innovative ways to engage undergraduates in research and science learning. SEBS has undertaken a series of pilot projects that offer high school and undergraduate students ways to engage with STEM subjects in partnership with university scientists. “As researchers and educators, we are interested […]
Experts say technology capable of creating hurricanes doesn’t yet exist | Fact check
Alan Robock – Department of Environmental Sciences
Scientists and Researchers Explore Immersive Science Learning for Rutgers Undergraduates
Xenia Morin – Dept. of Plant Biology; Dena Seidel – Depts. of Plant Biology and Marine and Coastal Sciences.
Summer weather takes bites from school calendars
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
So, Where Are All the Spotted Lanternflies?
Rutgers entomologists explain what may have happened to the invasive species in New Jersey Students strolling through Busch campus at Rutgers University–New Brunswick last fall were greeted by a slew of spotted lanternflies – invasive insects who huddled outside of the Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering and other buildings like anxious, early morning shoppers on […]
