Michael Brown, a DMCS PhD Candidate in Oceanography, was awarded a 2018 Mistletoe Research Fellowship. This is the inaugural year of the program, which is run by the Mistletoe Foundation. The fellowship consists of 1) a $10,000 Unfettered Research Grant to support university research, and 2) a Startup Collaboration to...
NASA Funds Rutgers Scientists’ Pursuit of the Origins of Life
Iron- and sulfur-containing minerals found on the early Earth (greigite, left, is one example) share a remarkably similar molecular structure with metals found in modern proteins (ferredoxin, right, is one example). Did the first proteins at the dawn of life on Earth interact directly with rocks to promote catalysis of...
Climate Change Means Fish Are Moving Faster Than Fishing Rules, Rutgers-Led Study Says
Climate change is forcing fish species to shift their habitats faster than the world’s system for allocating fish stocks, exacerbating international fisheries conflicts, according to a study led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick researcher. The study, published online in the journal Science today, showed for the first time that new...
The Ocean Is Getting More Acidic—What That Actually Means
By Eric Niller - National Geographic Thanks to carbon emissions, the ocean is changing, and that is putting a whole host of marine organisms at risk. These scientists are on the front lines. ATLANTIC CITY, NJ Grace Saba steadies herself on the back of a gently rocking boat as she...
Special Issue On How Oceans Are Changing
The seas around the Antarctic Peninsula are biologically extremely rich, but are climatically sensitive, having experienced some of the fastest warming globally in recent decades. A special issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A published this week (14 May 2018) puts this region in the spotlight...