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Four Rutgers DMCS/EPS Grad Students Selected as Knauss Fellows

NOAA and Sea Grant are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 class of the Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. The one-year fellowship places early…

Dual Glider Deployments for our Grad and Undergrad Crew

Last week our glider guru Nicole Waite was out with our grad students Ted and Ailey, and our Rutgers RIOS undergrads Becca and Jocelyn on a dual glider deployment off…

JC NERR’s Life on the Edge Report – Second Quarter 2021

We would like to share with you our “Life on the Edge” second quarter report. Included in the report you will find featured stories about what is happening at the…

Tracking the Ocean Response to Tropical Storm Elsa

Researchers from Rutgers are analyzing the response of the ocean to the recent passage of Tropical Storm Elsa. The storm was modelled in real time by the Rutgers Weather Research…

Congratulations to Emily on receiving award from an AFS John E. Skinner Memorial Award

Congratulations to Emily on receiving award from an AFS John E. Skinner Memorial Award. The Skinner Award is intended to assist with expenses to attend the annual meeting of the American Fisheries…

Oyster Farmers Who Feared Going Broke Brace for a ‘Bonkers’ Summer

A year ago, oyster growers who farm New Jersey’s marshy coastal inlets and tidal flats were fighting for survival. Restaurants were shut down by the pandemic, and the oysters they…

Rutgers, offshore wind firm to study impact on clams off NJ

ATLANTIC CITY — A company hoping to build a wind power farm off the coast of southern New Jersey is partnering with Rutgers University and the state’s clam industry to…

MEET AN ECOPs MEMBER – NICOLE WAITE

Nicole Waite, Marine and Lab Technician at Rutgers University, Center for Ocean Observing Leadership Nicole has been working as a professional in ocean sciences since 2014 at Rutgers, with a…

A Million Years of Data Confirms: Monsoons Are Likely to Get Worse

Global warming is likely to make India’s monsoon season wetter and more dangerous, new research suggests. Scientists have known for years that climate change is disrupting monsoon season. Past research…

Fish and Whales Keep Greenhouse Gases in the Ocean

A new study from the University of Agder shows that animals are part of the natural carbon cycle process that absorbs greenhouse gas emissions... Angela Helen Martin, Ph.D. Candidate in…