Have you ever wondered what steps Rutgers science teams take to understand and solve complex environmental challenges? Rutgers alumni and friends were treated to a screening of original short science-in-action stories featuring SEBS scientists on November 28 at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health. This event gave...
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Rutgers Scientists Observe Unusual Ocean Conditions Possibly Linked to Mortality in Marine Life off New Jersey
This article was authored by Grace Saba, associate professor, and Josh Kohut, professor, faculty in Rutgers University’s Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences. From late April to late September, Rutgers researchers used underwater robots, called gliders, to track ocean water quality along...
Stafford Township, New Jersey helping residents elevate homes to combat rising sea levels
NEW JERSEY -- Homes in Manahawkin sit just feed from man-made lagoons, but even on a lovely day, water rises above bulkheads. "In about 25 minutes, it'll be completely high tide, and the water is going to be coming over the dock," said Joe Sokolowski. Sunny-day flooding happens with greater...
Congrats to Leah!
For being selected as a 2024 NCAR Advance Studies Program Bridge program! In the month long program she’ll get to spend a week at NCAR exploring research collaborations and opportunities for the future!
All the Fish We Cannot See
The ocean has a way of upending expectations. Four-story-high rogue waves peak and collapse without warning. Light bends across the surface to conjure chimeric cities that hover at the horizon. And watery wastelands reveal themselves to be anything but. So was the case for the scientists aboard the USS Jasper...
Mysteries of 9 North
Join us as we travel to the bottom of the ocean to study how biological communities form among deep-sea hydrothermal vents with active underwater volcanoes. Mysteries of 9 North
USDA-NIFA Grant Supports Storytelling Project for N.J. Youth
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — What does the future hold for food security through agriculture and marine technologies? New Jersey high school students will discover the answers as part of an innovative USDA-funded 4-H afterschool program that provides youth with immersive science learning through digital storytelling, made in trusting partnership with...
Congrats to Jackie and Hails!
The Rutgers Student Subunit of the American Fisheries Society would like to extend our Congratulations to Jackie Veatch and Hails Tanaka for winning Best Student Presentation and Best Student Poster, respectively, at the Mid Atlantic Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. Jackie's presentation was titled: "Finding Marine Grocery...
The Department of Marine & Coastal Sciences and The School of Graduate Studies showcase the University’s varied research opportunities at the SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference
Assistant Teaching Professor Alexander López and Associate Dean Evelyn Erenrich host an exhibitor booth for Rutgers University at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Diversity in STEM Conference in Portland, Oregon this past week. They were joined by Associate Dean Kinna Perry,...
Undergraduates Discover New Ways of Exploring the Ocean … With Data
Silke Severmann, associate professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, teaches the introductory course in oceanography at Rutgers. Her role in this first-year seminar is to introduce students to the application of technologies used in ocean observing systems. She helps undergraduates understand the relationships among the biological, physical,...