This past week Jacqueline McSweeney and Greg Seroka successfully defended their Ph.D theses: Jacqueline's defense was titled "Sediment Transport Dynamics in Delaware Estuary" Greg's defense was titled "Stratified Coastal Ocean…
Liz Sikes received a three-year grant from NSF-OCE as co-PI with Kat Allen from University of Maine ($105,000 to Rutgers). Title: “Pacific Ocean stratification since the last ice age: New…
Congratulations Naomi Fleming on the successful defense of her Ph.D. Thesis, Seasonal and spatial variability in temperature, salinity and circulation of the Middle Atlantic Bight.
The Rutgers University Marine Field Station (RUMFS) in Tuckerton, NJ, opened its doors to the public on September 17, with an invitation to come explore and learn about current marine…
The last two summers in Hawaii were hot, hot, hot. Our temperature loggers in the water reached temperatures of over 32˚C (over 90˚F!) on the reef crest. Many of the…
I grew up in a small town in the Chaparral just east of San Diego, exploring places like the tide pools, Torrey Pines State Park (lovely ocean vistas and beaches),…
The oyster breeding program at Rutgers University has conducted over a century of cutting-edge scientific research to overcome challenges to the industry from the devastating effects of over-fishing, diseases, and…
The best way to teach science is hands on, right? That’s the conventional way, but the polar regions and the obstacle of over 9,000 miles between cutting-edge polar science and…
Congratulations to Dr. Oscar Schofield for being promoted to Distinguished Professor!
Earlier in June we welcomed this year’s participants in the Research Internships in Ocean Sciences (RIOS) program. RIOS is supported by the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)…