Welcome to the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS) at Rutgers University, where we are exploring critical processes on this ocean planet. Faculty and students in DMCS are working all over the world, traveling from the tropical to the polar seas on scientific expeditions. Our undergraduate students are essential members of our research teams. We work in state-of-the-art laboratories, on vessels, and in classrooms to give students hands-on, experiential learning opportunities.
The Antarctic summer research effort is in full swing. This year, there are two joint National Science Foundation projects underway which are called SWARM and the Palmer Long Term Ecological Research (LTER). SWARM is studying how physical circulation structures the ecology of the penguins living in vicinity of the Palmer...
