Rutgers Gardens, the 180-acre botanical garden of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and a “living laboratory” in North Brunswick, New Jersey, is one of the recipients of a grant awarded by the NJ DEP and Sustainable Jersey via the Trees for Schools program. Funded by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the initiative […]
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NSF Grant Recipients Siobain Duffy and Julie Lockwood Advance Infectious Disease Research
Siobain Duffy, professor and chair of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), is the principal investigator for a $2.18 million grant in Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases awarded by the National Science Foundation. Duffy and researchers at North Carolina State University, the International […]
Rutgers Helps to Develop New Mapping Tool to Coordinate New Jersey Coastal Resilience Projects
The Department of Environmental Protection announced the launch of an online mapping tool that will help the public, stakeholders and government officials advance work that is needed to bolster the resilience of New Jersey’s coastal areas to climate change. The Coastal Ecological Restoration and Adaptation Planning Tool (CERAP Tool), provides the locations of at-risk areas, […]
DEP Marks Climate Week in New Jersey by Unveiling Climate Change Learning Stations In Four State Parks
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 […]
Rutgers New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative Offers Nutrition Education to Local Youth
This summer, the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI) worked both on and off Rutgers campus to educate local youth about nutrition and its importance in overall health. Partnerships with Scarlet Kids summer camp on Cook Campus and New Brunswick’s New Brunswick Fit summer wellness program granted dozens of kids and teens access to interactive […]
Anna Schicker (SEBS’27) Embracing the SEBS Community and Helyar House Family
While she didn’t know for sure until she made that final decision, the chances were always pretty good that Anna Schicker (SEBS’27) would attend Rutgers. Rutgers feels like home. A tradition, almost, going by her small nuclear family who have all attended Rutgers. Her parents, Eric and Sue, met in graduate school at Rutgers-Newark. Her […]
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 […]
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 […]
How a “Marine Heatwave” Is Creating a More Chaotic Hurricane Season
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatogist
