Editor’s note: Photo documentation stations resulted from a partnership with Rutgers DMCS, JC NERR, NOAA, and the MyCoast New Jersey website. This article first appeared on the DEP website. Marking Climate Week in New Jersey, Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette unveiled the first of five Climate Change Learning Stations in New Jersey’s state parks […]
New Book on Climate Change and Estuaries is the Brainchild of Rutgers Marine Scientist
The seminal international publication coincides with National Estuaries Week National Estuaries Week, which will be observed this year from Sept. 16-23, is an annual celebration of the environmental significance of estuaries. Established in 1988 as National Estuaries Day, it was expanded to a weeklong observation to increase public awareness of the critical ecological and societal […]
Bryce Hunter (SEBS’27): Putting Paws in the Good Hands of a Future Veterinarian
A chocolate lab named Smokey sparked Bryce Hunter’s dream of becoming a vet, and a yellow lab fanned the spark into a flame. This fall Hunter, a Cherry Hill resident entering the Honors Program at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, will begin working toward of his goal as an animal sciences major. He hopes […]
K-12 Students Participate in Immersive Forest Management STEM Experience at Rutgers
Shreya Dutt, a high school student in East Brunswick, was fascinated by the topic of controlled application of fire used by experts to manage forests that she developed a video for use in her local library and as part of her YouTube channel. Shreya was one of 20 high students who spent two Saturdays over […]
Why the Sea Ice in Antartica is Alarming Scientists
It’s currently winter in Antarctica, but that doesn’t mean the polar region is exempt from the extreme temperatures that are scorching the world. While normally the ocean around Antarctica freezes in the winter, growing sea ice that is essential to the marine food web, this year that ice isn’t growing as usual. “What we’re seeing […]
Using Evidence From Last Ice Age, Scientists Predict Effects of Rising Seas on Coastal Habitats
Extent of future warming will dictate impacts, according to research involving a Rutgers scientist The rapid sea level rise and resulting retreat of coastal habitat seen at the end of the last Ice Age could repeat itself if global average temperatures rise beyond certain levels, according to an analysis by an international team of scientists […]
Scientists and Researchers Explore Immersive Science Learning for Rutgers Undergraduates
Researchers at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) have been exploring innovative ways to engage undergraduates in research and science learning. SEBS has undertaken a series of pilot projects that offer high school and undergraduate students ways to engage with STEM subjects in partnership with university scientists. “As researchers and educators, we are interested […]
Naydeline Navarrete (SEBS’27): Setting Her Sights on a Career Teaching Agriculture
Naydeline Navarrete (SEBS’27) —a native New Yorker—chose John Bowne High School in the city because of her love of animals and Bowne’s agriscience institute. The lure of working with animals was strong and the agriscience program not only involved animals, but a 4-acre farm. Naydeline found herself volunteering for everything from managing her own plot, […]
So, Where Are All the Spotted Lanternflies?
Rutgers entomologists explain what may have happened to the invasive species in New Jersey Students strolling through Busch campus at Rutgers University–New Brunswick last fall were greeted by a slew of spotted lanternflies – invasive insects who huddled outside of the Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering and other buildings like anxious, early morning shoppers on […]
Announcement: Welcome Tess Stahl as a new Assistant Extension Specialist
Announcement by Nicholas Bello, chair of the Department of Animal Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. I’m pleased to introduce Dr. Tess Stahl to the SEBS/NJAES community. Tess started on September 1, 2023 as an Assistant Extension Specialist in the Department of Animal Sciences. She is New Jersey native from Hackettstown, NJ. Tess has an […]







