NOAA Fisheries has launched the Distribution Mapping and Analysis Portal, a new tool developed in collaboration with the Global Change Ecology and Evolution Lab at Rutgers University, to better track the location and movement of marine fish in U.S. waters. An interactive website, this tool reveals that the ranges of many marine species are shifting, expanding and […]
Research
Distinguished Prof. Debashish Bhattacharya Uses Genomics and Gene Editing to Help Save Coral Reefs
Rutgers researcher Debashish Bhattacharya, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, who has been recognized for trying to save dying coral reefs, will examine their genetic makeup to try to pinpoint the genes involved in coral bleaching caused by climate change, which could have a devastating effect on reef ecosystems throughout […]
Why You Should Care About Biodiversity
Government biodiversity experts from around the world will meet in China at the UN Biodiversity Conference to discuss global goals that could have a positive impact on climate change, deforestation and population growth and prevent the extinction of many plant and animal species. Rachael Winfree, professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, and […]
Climate Change Will Reshuffle Marine Ecosystems in Unexpected Ways
Warming of the oceans due to climate change will mean fewer productive fish species to catch in the future, according to a new Rutgers study that found as temperatures warm, predator-prey interactions will prevent species from keeping up with the conditions where they could thrive. The new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal […]
Whitetail Deer Are Costing New Jersey Farmers Millions of Dollars Annually
Nazia Arbab – Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
Hutcheson Memorial Forest Volunteers Plant Native Trees in Forest Canopy Restoration Effort
Volunteer Days during the month of April at Hutcheson Memorial Forest Center (HMFC), located off Amwell Road in Somerset County, had a successful start with 20 volunteers from Rutgers, nearby community colleges and local residents. Volunteers planted more than 130 native trees in nine canopy gaps located throughout the enclosed old-growth forest known as Mettler’s […]
Rutgers Study Highlights Impact of “Hidden Costs” of White-Tailed Deer on New Jersey Farming
A new study unveiled by Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) estimated the financial costs of deer damage in 2019 at nearly $1.3 million among a sample group of 27 New Jersey farmers. Through interviews conducted between October 2020 and March 2021, the authors were able to determine […]
Rutgers Part of New Consortium Awarded $5.4 Million to Improve Operational Forecasting in the Gulf of Mexico
Scott Glenn, Rutgers Board of Governors Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, is the Rutgers lead, and Travis Miles, assistant professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, is the Rutgers co-PI, on a $5.4 million award to establish the Gulf Consortium for Offshore Risk Reduction Engaging Stakeholders (GulfCORES). GulfCORES is one of three […]
Report: 27 NJ farmers lost $1.3M to deer damage in one year alone
Joseph Paulin, Nazia Arbab, Brian Schilling – Rutgers Cooperative Extension, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
NJAES and SEBS Share in USDA-NIFA Funding for Human Chronic Disease Prevention
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently announced an investment of more than $5 million to support projects that impact diet, nutrition and chronic disease prevention. The Rutgers project, “People, Plants, and The Planet: A Multi-Method Study to Develop, Implement & Evaluate a Food & Climate Change Intervention to […]
