Ocean Data Explorations *New* Community Newsletter September, 2018 Welcome to the Data Explorations Community! As someone who has been involved in one of our prior projects, we are inviting you to be part of our next adventure... Starting this fall, you can look forward to this newsletter for monthly updates, opportunities,...
Hurricane Florence Approaches US Mainland
As Hurricane Florence continues on its projected path towards the US mainland, RUCOOL gliders are part of a large network of glider picket lines deployed by various MARACOOS partners and the US Navy for this year’s hurricane season. These gliders continue to monitor the ocean throughout the storm events to further our...
Rutgers faculty and students are presenting more than 50 talks and posters at the 2018 American Fisheries Society Meeting in Atlantic City, NJ
Rutgers faculty and students are presenting more than 50 talks and posters at the 2018 American Fisheries Society Meeting in Atlantic City, NJ https://eoas.rutgers.edu/center-fisheries-ocean-sustainability/fisheries-society-annual-meeting/
Mourning the passing of our leader, mentor and friend Fred Grassle
It was a profound shock for Rutgers to learn that Fred Grassle had passed away. Fred was our leader, mentor, partner in adventures at sea, and most of all a great friend. At marine sciences we have always called the marine science building the “home that Fred built”, and it is...
NASA Funds Rutgers Scientists’ Pursuit of the Origins of Life
Iron- and sulfur-containing minerals found on the early Earth (greigite, left, is one example) share a remarkably similar molecular structure with metals found in modern proteins (ferredoxin, right, is one example). Did the first proteins at the dawn of life on Earth interact directly with rocks to promote catalysis of...
Climate Change Means Fish Are Moving Faster Than Fishing Rules, Rutgers-Led Study Says
Climate change is forcing fish species to shift their habitats faster than the world’s system for allocating fish stocks, exacerbating international fisheries conflicts, according to a study led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick researcher. The study, published online in the journal Science today, showed for the first time that new...
The Ocean Is Getting More Acidic—What That Actually Means
By Eric Niller - National Geographic Thanks to carbon emissions, the ocean is changing, and that is putting a whole host of marine organisms at risk. These scientists are on the front lines. ATLANTIC CITY, NJ Grace Saba steadies herself on the back of a gently rocking boat as she...
Special Issue On How Oceans Are Changing
The seas around the Antarctic Peninsula are biologically extremely rich, but are climatically sensitive, having experienced some of the fastest warming globally in recent decades. A special issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A published this week (14 May 2018) puts this region in the spotlight...
They’re qualified! Congratulations to the 2018 DMCS PhD Students
All the weeks (months?) of studying have paid off: After a thorough stress test, aka the qualifying written and oral exams, we have decided that these seven PhD students are indeed qualified to pursue a PhD in oceanography. They are already very heavily engaged in their PhD research, but have...
April 2018 Promotions
April is promotion month for faculty at Rutgers and we are proud of Daphne Munroe, Malin Pinksy, and David Bushek all of whom received promotions this year. Daphne Munroe (left) was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. She arrived at Rutgers from Vancouver Island University in 2010. She has distinguished...