“Jersey Fresh” doesn’t end at the water’s edge here in the Garden State If New Jersey’s 720,000 acres of farmland are enough to classify it as the Garden State, what do we make of its 120 miles of coastline, 420 miles of open estuary and bay waters, and 661,000 acres...
Challenger Glider Sets New World Record in the Indian Ocean
An international team of scientists and students has just completed the first of three legs in a three-year effort to be the first to navigate an autonomous underwater robot completely around the Indian Ocean. The mission was conducted as part of the global Challenger Glider Mission as a contribution to...
Paul Falkowski 2017 Goldschmidt Conference Plenary Speaker
Our very own Paul Falkowski was invited to delivered a Plenary Lecture at this year’s Goldschmidt Conference in Paris. Click below to watch the lecture and learn why corals can make their calcite skeleton even at low pH.
2017 RIOS Poster Session
Please mark your calendars for the Research Internships in Ocean Sciences (RIOS) public poster session on Friday, August 11th, starting at 1 pm in the lobby of the Marine & Coastal Sciences building. RIOS is our REU site at Rutgers funded by NSF Ocean Sciences. The RIOS interns will be...
Amy Kuzminov was awarded the Schlanger fellowship
Congratulations to Amy Kuzminov for being awarded one of this year’s distinguished Schlanger Graduate Student Fellowship by the Consortium of Ocean Leadership's U.S. Science Support Program. Amy will be measuring uranium isotope ratios in sediments from the Cretaceous Ocean Anoxic Event 2 (~94 Mya) to test the relative contribution of...
Emily Slesinger
The ocean has always been home to me. I grew up along the beaches of San Diego, and would take annual family vacations to Cape Cod, which probably sparked my earliest intrigue into marine science as I started comparing the different oceans. And while I’ve always been fascinated by the...
2017 Student Summer Research
A Rutgers University unmanned aerial vehicle search and rescue project, lead by Hugh Roarty, heads to Port Monmouth, NJ to conduct a final drop test. A device created by Jaden Dicopoulos, undergraduate researcher, sits at the bottom of a 3DR Solo drone with the ability to carry and deliver a...
Rutgers University Marine Field Station Outreach 2017
Recently, the Rutgers University Marine Field Station (RUMFS) in Tuckerton, NJ has connected with the public giving them hands-on experience with research, the opportunity to interact with scientists, and teaching them about the estuarine environment.A continuing education course sponsored through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Rutgers drew participants...
Diane Adams – A Celebration of Life
Diane Adams a highly valued faculty member in our Department has recently passed away. She was a great colleague and friend to everyone. A committed scientist and teacher she was active in her research and teaching until very recently. Diane received her B.S. in Aquatic Biology (summa cum laude) from...
Renowned Rutgers Marine Scientist J. Frederick Grassle, Whose Pioneering Work Helped Unlock the Ocean’s Mysteries, Dies
Built a program of excellence in research, education and community service in marine and coastal sciences at university J. Frederick Grassle, a celebrated oceanographer who founded Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, passed away on July 6. As the founding director of the institute in 1989, Grassle was instrumental...