Of all environments on Earth at which life flourishes, deep-sea volcanoes are probably the most extreme. Temperatures within many of these systems range from 2-400°C, pressures are in excess of…
I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest where my backyard provided many opportunities to study and enjoy nature. I received my B.A. in Geology at Whitman College analyzing…
DMCS members Vince Clementi, Liz Sikes and Eli Hunter on the Thomas G.Thompson. Professor Liz Sikes is leading a coring cruise to the Southeast Indian and Southern Oceans to collect…
For the latest information on the Challenger Mission, check out the Mission Blog RU 29, Challenger, is back in the water after the completion of the South Atlantic Circumnavigation for…
On Thursday November 10th, Craig McLean, Assistant Administrator of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spoke at the Marine and Coastal…
Come join in the fun and laughs with WBUR's You're the Expert, hosted by Chris Duffy, and with special guest Rutgers' oceanographer, Professor Oscar Schofield. When? Wednesday, November 9, 2016…
In Celebration of the 250th anniversary of Rutgers University, Rutgers Today, an online source for news around the university has periodically released articles celebrating Rutgers people and innovations that have…
This past week Jacqueline McSweeney and Greg Seroka successfully defended their Ph.D theses: Jacqueline's defense was titled "Sediment Transport Dynamics in Delaware Estuary" Greg's defense was titled "Stratified Coastal Ocean…
Liz Sikes received a three-year grant from NSF-OCE as co-PI with Kat Allen from University of Maine ($105,000 to Rutgers). Title: “Pacific Ocean stratification since the last ice age: New…
Congratulations Naomi Fleming on the successful defense of her Ph.D. Thesis, Seasonal and spatial variability in temperature, salinity and circulation of the Middle Atlantic Bight.