The Coastal Climate Risk & Resilience Initiative is participating in this year’s STEM for ALL video showcase funded by NSF. Our video focuses on the work that our graduate students are doing to make the NJ coast more resilience to climate change. Please check out our video at https://videohall.com/p/2023. You can...
Lauren Cook was selected as a 2021 Con Edison Waterfront Scholar
Congrats to Lauren! Their answer to the 2nd question: Why is the maritime sector significant to our nation’s COVID-19 recovery efforts, and what do you envision a ‘green-economy’ looks like? “Tourism, recreation, commercial shipping, the coast guard, and the fisheries and aquaculture industry are all part of the maritime sector,...
Heidi was selected as a 2021 Con Edison Waterfront Scholar
Heidi was selected as a 2021 Con Edison Waterfront Scholar to attend the Waterfront Alliance’s annual Waterfront Conference on May 10th, 12th, and 14th This involved submitting a short essay addressing the one of the following questions: The COVID-19 pandemic brought us many challenges both globally and locally which we...
New Paper out on Antarctic Krill
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a regional keystone species, inhabit a rapidly warming and acidifying Southern Ocean. A new study by Saba et al. shows Antarctic krill feeding, growth, and physiological processes exhibit varying responses to independent and interactive effects of elevated temperature and ocean acidification.
NJ signed an agreement yesterday to join the Ocean Acidification Alliance
NJ signed an agreement yesterday to join the Ocean Acidification Alliance. This decision was informed by work done by Rutgers - see report and infographic here. Professor Grace Saba is a national expert on this topic and has led work in NJ and the Mid-Atlantic.
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Launches Buoys to Collect Essential Atmospheric, Cold Pool, Animal Migration Data
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (Atlantic Shores) announced the launch of two buoys that will collect critical atmospheric and weather data, and track the migration of species of birds, fish, turtles and other animals that have been nanotagged by researchers. Each buoy will be deployed in the...
Congratulations to Heidi Yeh on defending her PhD Thesis Proposal
Graduate student Heidi Yeh successfully defending her PhD Thesis Proposal this morning on the topic of "The Oyster Microbiome in Sickness and in Health."
“Ghost Forests” Expanding Along Northeast U.S. Coast
Higher groundwater levels from sea-level rise and increased flooding are likely the most important factors Why are “ghost forests” filled with dead trees expanding along the mid-Atlantic and southern New England coast? Higher groundwater levels linked to sea-level rise and increased flooding from storm surges and very high tides are likely...
Scientists’ findings suggest corals will withstand climate change
Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory of evolution, noted that corals form far-reaching structures, largely made of limestone, that surround tropical islands. He didn’t know how they performed this feat. Now, Rutgers scientists have shown that coral structures consist of a biomineral containing a highly organized organic...
Slocum Glider “Silbo” Circumnavigates the Atlantic Ocean – Part 3
This episode is the third in a four-part series on "Silbo", Teledyne Webb Research's autonomous underwater glider that recently made the first ever circumnavigation of the Atlantic Ocean by an unmanned underwater vehicle. In this episode of Marine Tech Talk, Joe Gradone, Rutgers graduate student, discusses Silbo's journey from St....