Rutgers University researchers will lead several components of a $72.5 million federal initiative to fortify New Jersey’s coast against climate change and extreme weather events. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the grant to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for the Building a Climate Ready New Jersey program. The five-year initiative seeks to enhance […]
Environmental Sciences
Alex Calamia (SEBS’16) Fulfills his Lifelong Dream of Becoming a Meteorologist
Alex Calamia (SEBS’16) is the Morning Meteorologist for News 12 based out of Long Island, NY. He’s also the creator and host of “Garden Guide,” a garden segment that empowers people to create the garden of their dreams with the local climate in mind. He always knew he wanted to be a meteorologist. As he […]
Rutgers Research Shows Inhaled Nanoparticles Pose Potential Adverse Health Risks
Common household products containing nanoparticles – grains of engineered material so miniscule they are invisible to the eye – could be contributing to a new form of indoor air pollution, according to a Rutgers study. In a study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, a team of Rutgers researchers found people walking through […]
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences William Goldfarb Passes Away
Dr. William Goldfarb, of Pennington, NJ, died on April 10, 2024, at 86. Professor Emeritus of Rutgers University, Cook College, N.J., he is survived by his wife of 41 years, Illse, his daughter Catherine Heacox and his grandson, Griffin Cushing. He is predeceased in death by his father, Herman “Chubbie” Goldfarb, an entertainment lawyer and […]
Alumni Feature: Mamadou Ndiaye (SEBS’19)
Editor’s note: Sections of this SEBS alumni highlight were extracted from the NJ.com article, “He talks about animals and 20 million people listen. Meet N.J.’s viral TikTok zoologist,” written by Amy Kuperinsky. Mamadou Ndiaye graduated with a degree in Environmental Sciences from Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) in May 2019. When he […]
How Climate Change May Be Affecting the Polar Vortex
In mid-January, we experienced a period of extreme cold, high winds, and a couple of inches of snow, reminding us we are very much in the peak of winter. These blasts of Arctic air and wind are common during New Jersey winters, but is something else happening in the atmosphere? Sitting in the upper troposphere […]
Alumni Feature: Kyle David Reiman (SEBS’22)
Rutgers alumnus Kyle David Reiman graduated from SEBS in August of 2022 with a major in meteorology and two minors in science communication and digital communication, information, and media (DCIM). He is currently a meteorologist and weather producer at FOX Weather and is pursuing his master’s degree in communications at Johns Hopkins University with dual […]
Climate Intervention Technologies May Create Winners and Losers in World Food Supply
Analysis by Rutgers scientists shows future techniques limiting global climate change may create uneven benefits, forcing difficult decisions worldwide. A technology being studied to curb climate change – one that could be put in place in one or two decades if work on the technology began now – would affect food productivity in parts of […]
Climate Change-Induced Drought May Transform Parts of the Amazon’s Rainforests Into Savannas
Professor Ying Fan Reinfelder in the Department of Environmental Sciences is co-author of a Rutgers-led study that indicates future changes, including a reduction to Earth’s ability to store carbon. A portion of Amazonian lowland rainforest – areas critical to absorbing carbon dioxide and buffering climate change – may morph over time into dry, grassy savannas, […]
New Paper by SEBS Faculty Advances Our Understanding of the Links Between Wildfires and Air Quality
Xiaomeng Jin, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, is the co-principal investigator of a NOAA-funded study, published in Environmental Science & Technology. The new paper investigates the important air quality impacts of wildfires, and how new satellite instruments can elevate our understanding of those impacts. The new study is supported by the NOAA […]