Rutgers marks its 14th consecutive year of Goldwater scholarship recipients Mariya Galochkina wants to study the ancient roots of climate change. She is fascinated by how the Earth’s systems are so interconnected and wants to know more about how each has impacted the global climate. “I want to study how ancient ocean currents and continent configurations impacted Earth’s climate throughout …
Rutgers Professor Pamela McElwee Named a 2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
McElwee is working on an environmental history of the Vietnam War examining how nature shaped military strategy. Pamela McElwee, an associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), is working on an environmental history of the Vietnam War examining how nature shaped military strategy as a 2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. McElwee, …
Apocalypse NowThis, Featuring Vadim Levin, Nominated for a Webby Award
The web series seeks to accurately explain various ways the world could end. Public voting for the Webby ends April 18, 2019. In a web series titled Apocalypse NowThis, Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS) faculty member Vadim Levin is featured in a segment on supervolcanoes. According to the show’s co-producer, Jonathan Argudo of DANGERWORKS, “Apocalypse NowThis explores various ways …
The Ecological Society of America Names Malin Pinsky a 2019 Fellow
Pinsky was selected for his research on the impact of global climate change on fish populations. EOAS faculty member Malin Pinsky, an asssociate professor in the Rutgers Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, has been named an Early Career Fellow by the Ecological Society of America (ESA). According to the ESA, Pinsky was “elected for advancing fundamental understanding of …