Julie Lockwood – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Faculty
Study: Overfishing caused cod to evolve rapidly
Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, a report by scientists offers the first genomic evidence that Atlantic cod evolved new traits over only decades during a period of overfishing-evolutionary changes…
Why Some People Stay Home During Hurricanes
Cara Cuite – Department of Human Ecology
Summer looks to be a rough tick season in NJ and beyond. Here’s what to know
Alvaro Toledo – Department of Entomology
Assessment of How Climate Scientists Communicate Risk Shows Imperfections, Improvements
The hardest part, experts find, is communicating “unquantifiable” uncertainty Scientists have long struggled to find the best way to present crucial facts about future sea level rise, but are getting better at communicating more clearly, according to an international group of climate scientists, including a leading Rutgers expert. The consequences of improving communications are enormous, […]
Veronica Jones is the New FCHS Educator in Essex County
Announcement from Sara Elnakib, chair of the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences. Veronica Jones, Ph.D. joins the Rutgers Cooperative Extension as a Family and Community Health Sciences Educator for Essex County. She will be part of the Housing and Health Equity Cluster, supporting education, outreach and scholarship alongside colleagues in the Rutgers School […]
As floodwaters receded, poisonous mold flourished in NJ homes
Joan Bennett – Department of Plant Biology
NJ climatologist on hurricane season forecast: “It’s not the worst news”
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
SEBS Faculty Mary Whelan Wins Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
Mary Whelan, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, won a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Scientific Foundation (NSF) for the project, “Constraining land carbon uptake on regional and global scales by enabling the interpretation of two decades of trace gas measurements.” The five-year, $607,772 award from NSF’s Atmospheric Chemistry division is from […]
Earth has warmed in recent decades, but trends over past 4,000 years unclear | Fact check
Yair Rosenthal – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
