Down at the Rutgers Class of 1914 Boathouse, students boarded canoes and kayaks, equipped with trash bags, gloves, and a passion for clean watersheds. The afternoon was spent paddling the river to collect trash in hard-to-access places. Some interesting finds included a gutter, tires, a lawn chair, a car battery,...
Jersey Shore’s fishing industry wonders: Can it coexist with planned massive wind farms?
It’s a busy day at Dockside Packing in Atlantic City. Men banging mallets against steel make repairs to the Mary Vee. A ship’s captain works a crane that offloads cages of Atlantic surf clams, each cage containing 2,000 pounds of them, dredged from the ocean bottom off the coast. Clammers...
Congratulations to Schuyler Nardelli for Winning the MTS Student Poster Competition
Congratulations to Schuyler Nardelli for Winning the MTS Student Poster Competition. Original Article
Final Report for 2021 Partners in Science Workshop Now Available
The Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) and Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) issued the final report for the 2021 Partners in Science Workshop, which was hosted virtually on January 28, 2021. This workshop, Identifying Ecological Metrics and Sampling Strategies for Baseline Monitoring During Offshore Wind Development, included both...
R/V Rutgers to the Res-“crew”
As flood waters from the remnants of Hurricane Ida ravaged parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the mighty Raritan spilled over its banks, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. Rutgers University was not absolved from its share of damage, and the RU Crew team bore the weight of...
Liza won the Walter Munk Scholar Award and Commemorative Lecture
On behalf of Zdenka Willis, President of the Marine Technology Society (MTS), and Mary Munk, of the Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans (WMFO), it is my pleasure to inform you of your selection as recipient of the Walter Munk Scholar Award and Commemorative Lecture. This award seeks to underscore...
Congratulations to Jonathan Sherman!!!
Congratulations to Jonathan Sherman for successfully defending his dissertation "Photosynthetic Energy Conversion Efficiency in the Ocean."
DMCS Research Internships in Ocean Sciences (RIOS)
This summer we were happy to welcome 12 undergraduate students to SEBS for an in-person summer internship. Students based on main campus in New Brunswick and our Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory completed authentic research experiences that ranged from undersea volcanos, shellfish aquaculture, to offshore wind. Our students spanned topics from...
RUCOOL 2021 Annual Report Released
The year of the pandemic has been challenging for everyone. When the COOLroom was formed, one goal was to develop an automated system that minimized the amount of time humans need to be at sea to collect ocean data and use it to educate our future generations. Given social distancing...
Clear Water On The Jersey Shore Dazzling Visitors
BELMAR, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – It’s prime vacation time in our area. CBS2’s Meg Baker spoke to people visiting the Jersey Shore noticing how clear the water is. “Oh, the water is beautiful is crystal clear. Has a bluish tint to it. Absolutely beautiful,” said Belmar visitor Linda Brennan. You can...