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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
How a “Marine Heatwave” Is Creating a More Chaotic Hurricane Season
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatogist
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 […]
Scientists and Researchers Explore Immersive Science Learning for Rutgers Undergraduates
Xenia Morin – Dept. of Plant Biology; Dena Seidel – Depts. of Plant Biology and Marine and Coastal Sciences.
