Combating climate change is one of our greatest challenges. Rutgers experts break down the policies, infrastructure changes, social justice reforms and other work that will be necessary to weather the storm. Robert Kopp Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences Co-Director, University Office of Climate Action PI, Rutgers Megalopolitan […]
New Jersey’s Temperatures Rise by 4 Degrees Fahrenheit, Twice the Global Average Since 1900
Heavy rainfall, flooding, increasing heat waves and heat-related illness are likely to become more common in New Jersey by 2100, according to a report by researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist and the University of Delaware. State of the Climate: New Jersey 2021 is an annual overview for state […]
National Weather Service Recognizes Rutgers Weather Station with 2021 Honored Institution Award for 125 Years of Service
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service has selected Rutgers University as a recipient of its 2021 Honored Institution Awards for 125 years of service and providing outstanding weather service to the nation. Rutgers has maintained a weather station on campus as part of the Cooperative Observer Program since Jan. 1, 1896, […]
Boots on the Ground: Citizen science combines recreation with data collection
This article was reprinted from the Summer 2021 issue of Explorations, SEBS alumni magazine. Do you have a smartphone or computer, and a love for science? Researchers at Rutgers are looking for you. Why? Researchers can’t be everywhere. That’s why they rely on citizen scientists all over New Jersey and beyond to observe the world […]
Will it ever snow again? Should we be worried? Yes and yes, says New Jersey’s international snow expert
David Robinson is a distinguished professor in the Department of Geography and the New Jersey State Climatologist, a position that is housed at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and associated with the Center for Environmental Prediction at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. As the state climatologist, Robinson conducts research of an applied […]
