Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
Research
This Cave Holds a Spectacular Record of 5,000 Years of Tsunamis
Marine and Coastal Sciences professor, Benjamin Horton, and colleagues have found the key to thousands of years of Indian Ocean tsunami activity in a cave in Indonesia. After the devastating 2004 tsunami that his the Indian Ocean, researchers—including Horton—asked themselves if a tsunami of this magnitude had ever happened before and, more important, would it […]
Seven filthy food habits and how dirty they really are
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
Rutgers and Oysters: ‘Perfect Together’
Edible Jersey’s High Summer Edition focuses on oysters, highlighting Rutgers role in three stories. SPECIAL REPORT: Oysters In this piece, Edible Jersey describes the oyster as Jersey’s mascot and a powerful environmental steward. It chronicles the rise, and fall, and rise of the Delaware Bay Oyster, aquaculture development, the problems the industry faces due […]
Silicon Valley Imitation Meat Startup Raises $75 Million
Food Innovation Center
Rutgers Climate Institute Receives NIFA Grants for Multi-State Climate Adaptation Projects
In July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced nine grants totaling more than $8 million to study and develop new approaches for the agriculture sector to adapt to and mitigate the effects of changing environmental conditions. The funding is made possible through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research […]
How Will Climate Change Hurt The American Economy? Depends On Where You Live
Robert Kopp – Rutgers Energy Institute
CU Boulder researcher says millions would starve to death in nuclear war
Alan Robock – Department of Environmental Sciences
Hot or cold water for washing hands? Study says it doesn’t matter
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
Cave that holds a ‘spectacular’ record of 5,000 years of the tsunamis reveals just how random deadly waves can be
Benjamin Horton – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
