The Rutgers shellfish breeding program, an ongoing project supported by the Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fishery Service, is testing a high-density DNA chip for genomic selection, which is expected to greatly reduce the breeding cycle and increase selection efficiency. “Oysters are...
Rutgers Installs New HF Radar Station
Rutgers installed a MARACOOS sponsored 13 MHz High Frequency radar in Holgate, NJ this past spring. The property holder is Long Beach Township, a long partner in HF radar ocean observing. This is the fourth HFR station the township has agreed to host. The station is currently collecting surface current...
Congratulations to Ben Diaz for successfully defending his PhD
Congratulations to Ben Diaz for successfully defending his PhD! Wahoo! Huge thanks to everyone---especially those in/from my extended lab family and all of the NAAMES-affiliated ‘wondergroups’ who helped to make all of his great research work possible.
U.S. Embassy Kolonia
As part of our deep and enduring partnership, the U.S. Embassy Kolonia welcomed scientists from Rutgers University who are currently conducting a baseline assessment in support of Green Climate Fund-resilient food security for farming households across the FSM. The United States has contributed one billion dollars to date to the...
Congratulations to Janice McDonnell and her team for new national 4H challenge promoting Ocean literacy and conservation
About the 2022 4‑H STEM Challenge Designed by Rutgers University, Explorers of the Deep, focuses on the mysteries and adventures of ocean exploration—with robots! Young people learn how to use science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to explore Earth’s Ocean and how it relates to all life on the planet. The...
Celebrating Rutgers Marine Field Station with new Apparel Collection
University Communications and Marketing has introduced a new initiative to showcase points of pride at Rutgers through a limited-edition collection of retail merchandise, only available online and at the University Bookstore. We’re excited that SEBS and NJAES has been selected to kick off the series! The Special Collection for 2022 features...
Breaking the Surface
These photos are from filming days at the Rutgers University Marine Field Station, for a new dance film, Breaking the Surface, which will bring attention to climate change and specifically sea level rise in the region. The multidisciplinary film is a collaboration between artists from the Rutgers Mason Gross School of...
Profile of Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski spent much of his research career analyzing the activity of aquatic microorganisms, which captured his interest early in life. As a child, growing up in a New York City Housing Project in Harlem, he received a small fish tank from a family friend, and his father bought...
RUCOOL Welcomes US Coast Guard
RUCOOL hosted LT. Shawn Antonelli from United States Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay on June 15, 2022. LT. Antonelli is the Command Center Chief for Sector Delaware Bay where he is the search and rescue mission coordinator for the sector. The United States Coast Guard answers approximately 45 search and...