When Christina Speciale (SEBS’11) was majoring in meteorology at Rutgers University, she knew she wanted to pursue a career in the atmospheric sciences. But she wasn’t sure what to focus on until she attended the Undergraduate Leadership Workshop (ULW) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in the summer before her senior year. The […]
Environmental Sciences
A Plaque Marks the Trail: Faculty, Staff and Students Attend Arbor Trail Dedication
One student’s vision of renovating a section of a historic property to evolve into an outdoor classroom and public space with student and faculty stewardship, has come to fruition. Eliot Nagele (SEBS 2015) undertook an independent study and completed a G. H. Cook Honors thesis on the restoration and prolonged maintenance of the Arbor Trail, […]
Using GIS Mapping and Spatial Thinking to Promote Health in the Urban Landscape
With funding from the New Jersey Healthy Community Network, the 3rd Annual Geohealth Workshop, led by David Tulloch, associate director for program development and GIS applications program leader at the Rutgers Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA), is scheduled to get underway at Rutgers this summer. The annual workshop, which […]
Tyler Janoski (SEBS’17) – A Habit of Excellence
By Samuel Ludescher (SAS’18). Tyler Janoski is a double major who will graduate in spring 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in both meteorology and marine science, carrying a 4.0 G.P.A. into his final semester at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. He’s made a habit of excellence throughout his undergraduate academic career, carefully […]
A New Report Helps Tally the Social Cost of Climate-Changing Carbon Dioxide
In January, a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee released a report aimed at ensuring that estimates of the social cost of carbon dioxide used by the U.S. government keep reflecting state-of-the-art science and evidence. But what, quantitatively, is the economic damage caused by a 1-ton increase in carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel […]
Alyssa Stansfield (SEBS ’17): Exemplifying Leadership In Meteorology
By Samuel Ludescher (SAS’18) Checking the weather forecast is a morning ritual for most people. It’s pretty easy to tell when folks may not have checked on that forecast of a 70% chance of rain showers that day when they walk outside in a cotton shirt, using their binder as an umbrella. While it may […]
Rutgers-Led Alliance Awarded Statewide Award For Climate Change Preparedness
The Rutgers-led New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance (NJCAA) was awarded the 2016 Outstanding Floodplain Management Award for “progressive collaborative work on climate change preparedness in New Jersey” by the New Jersey Association for Floodplain Management at its 12th annual conference in Atlantic City in October. The Alliance is a network of policymakers, public and private sector practitioners, […]
William Penn Foundation Awards $500,000 to the RCE Water Resources Program
The RCE Water Resources Program was awarded a $500,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation to provide specialized technical assistance for municipalities in the Kirkwood-Cohansey and NJ Highlands subwatershed clusters. Within these clusters, the RCE Water Resources Program will be assessing impervious cover and managing stormwater. Twenty municipalities have been selected within the cluster […]
Faculty Focus: Alan Robock on Nuclear Winter and Climate Change
Alan Robock, distinguished professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, has never been one to shy away from controversy. But if you ask him, there really is no controversy when it comes to the science behind his two primary areas of study: nuclear winter and climate change. In the case of nuclear winter, Robock’s most […]
Rutgers Scientists Study Nontropical Storms to Improve Prediction and Prepare for the Future
Sandy’s Surge Topped by ‘Rogue’ 1950 Storm in Some Areas In November 1950, a freak storm spawned a record storm surge in Atlantic City and a near-record surge at Sandy Hook. Damaging winds gusted to a record 108 mph in Newark and 94 mph in New York City, while southern states endured record low temperatures […]
