An important East Coast shellfish industry is projected to suffer revenue losses as offshore wind energy develops along the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic coasts, according to two Rutgers studies. The studies, which appear in the ICES Journal of Marine Science (here and here), examined how offshore wind farms planned for the eastern United States could disrupt fishing […]
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Offshore wind farms expected to reduce clam fishery revenue, study finds
Daphne Munroe – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences; Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory.
Richard Alomar Elected to Prestigious American Society of Landscape Architects Council of Fellows
Associate professor Richard Alomar, who serves as chair and graduate program director in the Department of Landscape Architecture, has been elected by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) as one of its 2022 ASLA Fellows. Alomar, who directs the Rutgers Office of Urban Extension and Engagement, is also a core faculty member on the […]
NASA says its plan to bring Mars samples back to Earth is safe, but some people are worried
Nathan Yee – Department of Environmental Science
Discovery Paves Way for More Sustainable Crop Cultivation Methods
Rutgers researchers have discovered that nitrogen-fixing bacteria hidden within leaf cells could lead to more efficient and sustainable methods of crop cultivation. The study, recently published in the journal Biology, investigated how bacteria in non-photosynthetic leaf cells of seed plants can naturally provide nitrogen to plants. Currently, inorganic nitrogen fertilizers, such as ammonia or nitrate, are commonly […]
Why high gas prices and COVID may help Central Jersey summer tourism business
Lauren Errickson, Rutgers Gardens
New Agreement Creates a Seamless Pathway to Rutgers for Dietetics Students at Middlesex College
Transferring to Rutgers University–New Brunswick just got even easier for Middlesex College dietetics students, thanks to a new articulation agreement between the college’s Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Dietetics Department and Rutgers’ Department of Nutritional Sciences, which is in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). Under the agreement announced Wednesday, June 22, students who […]
Animal Sciences Alumni Return to Network with Students
In the spring, the Health and Medicine Living-Learning Community at Rutgers held its Mocktail Mixer at the Busch Student Center in Piscataway. This was an opportunity for undergraduate students to network with professionals and advanced degree students in an effort to explore different career tracks and gain contacts in the health and medicine sector. As […]
Animal Sciences alumni return to network with students
Department of Animal Sciences
Russia Should Pay for Its Environmental War Crimes
Cymie Payne – Department of Human Ecology
