By Carol Peters The two EOAS faculty members were among only 31 from across the university to receive awards. Rutgers University has named two EOAS faculty members recipients of its 2020-2021 Faculty Year-End Awards. Professor Yuan Gao, in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University–Newark, has been awarded The Board of Trustees Award for Excellence …
Four From Rutgers Named 2022 NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellows
Four Rutgers graduate students – the highest number from any institution of higher education in the United States – are among 74 finalists selected for the 2022 class of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program. Named after oceanographer and meteorologist John A. Knauss, one of the founders of the Sea Grant and …
Catastrophic Sea-Level Rise from Antarctic Melting is Possible with Severe Global Warming
Antarctic ice sheet is more likely to remain stable if Paris climate agreement is met The Antarctic ice sheet is much less likely to become unstable and cause dramatic sea-level rise in upcoming centuries if the world follows policies that keep global warming below a key 2015 Paris climate agreement target, according to a Rutgers coauthored study. But if global warming exceeds …
#EOAS In the News: “Weather Nerds of New Jersey”
The New Yorker Interviews alumnus Joe Martucci and EOAS faculty member David Robinson The Cape May Bubble. The 1899 Blizzard. The altocumulus clouds over the Trump Plaza implosion in Atlantic City in January 2021. Read more about New Jersey weather events and records in a New Yorker article featuring Rutgers alumnus Joe Martucci, meteorologist for the Press of Atlantic City, and EOAS faculty member …
Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute of Politics Launches First Public Database of Scientists in State Politics
National inventory of scientists, engineers and health care professionals in U.S. state legislatures The Science and Politics Initiative at Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute of Politics has launched the first publicly accessible national database of elected state legislators with scientific, engineering and health care training. “As our nation continues to face the pandemic, climate change, renewable energy infrastructure and other science-based issues, it becomes …
Corals Carefully Organize Proteins to Form Rock-Hard Skeletons
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 mix of …
Overfishing of Atlantic Cod Likely Did Not Cause Genetic Changes
Study suggests reducing fishing and addressing environmental changes would help cod recover Overfishing likely did not cause the Atlantic cod, an iconic species, to evolve genetically and mature earlier, according to a study led by Rutgers University and the University of Oslo – the first of its kind – with major implications for ocean conservation. “Evolution has been used in …
“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 the most important factors, according to a Rutgers study on the …
Microplastic Sizes in Hudson-Raritan Estuary and Coastal Ocean Revealed
Rutgers research shows stormwater could be important source of plastic pollution Rutgers scientists for the first time have pinpointed the sizes of microplastics from a highly urbanized estuarine and coastal system with numerous sources of fresh water, including the Hudson River and Raritan River. Their study of tiny pieces of plastic in the Hudson-Raritan Estuary in New Jersey and New York indicates that stormwater could be …
Juliane Gross Awarded the Antarctic Service Medal
Gross received the award in recognition of the service she provides to the United States by conducting cutting-edge research in Antarctica. By Carol Heher Peters The United States of America Secretary of Defense has awarded EOAS faculty member Juliane Gross the Antarctic Service Medal “in recognition of valuable contributions to exploration and scientific achievement under the United States Antarctic Program.” …