Rutgers-led researchers find survival strategies of the great apes offer lessons for human health and diet management Humans could learn a thing or two from orangutans when it comes to maintaining a balanced, protein-filled diet. Great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia, orangutans are marvels of adaptation to the vagaries of food supply in the wild, according …
The inaugural Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) Research Fellowship cohort convened at Rutgers University’s University Inn and Conference Center to kick off their journey, welcomed by Susan Renoe, Executive Director of ARIS and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Development & Strategic Partnerships, University of Missouri, and RCEI affiliate Janice McDonnell, ARIS co-Principal Investigator and Associate Dean of …
RCEI affiliates Robert Kopp, Pamela McElwee and Kevon Rhiney will be among hundreds of the world’s leading experts working on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment A United Nations-affiliated science panel has named three Rutgers scientists as lead authors on a report that will serve as the next worldwide assessment of climate change. Rutgers University-New Brunswick faculty members Robert Kopp, Pamela …
More than 85 scientists from the United States and nations around the world have authored a 450 page compendium reviewing a July 2025 United States Department of Energy (DOE) Climate Working Group report that has also been featured in the recent United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reconsideration of the 2009 Endangerment Finding that climate change poses a danger to human health…
Rutgers Health professors receive two grants to study health and environmental risks. Backed by funding from a federal agency and a nonprofit safety science organization, Rutgers Health researchers are taking a closer look at the recent Los Angeles wildfires and their impact on public health and the environment. The Environmental Health Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Center (NAMC) at the Rutgers Environmental …
A new study in Global Biogeochemical Cycles explores whether protecting ocean animals like fish, whales, and other marine life could help slow climate change. The authors reviewed current science to see how these animals store and move carbon in the ocean—a process that could help keep carbon out of the atmosphere. Grace Saba, RCEI Affiliate and associate professor in the …
Derek Shendell, DEnv, MPH, professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice at the Rutgers School of Public Health and RCEI Affiliate, is co-author of a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Health. You can read the full study here1. Many students in New Jersey and across the U.S. speak English at school but speak …
From “New Jersey’s highest recognition of innovation”, two research teams at Rutgers have been bestowed Research & Development Council of New Jersey Edison Patent Awards honoring their brilliant technological work, including their own respective startups. One of these research teams included Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and RCEI affiliate Richard Riman, serving as the advisor to PhD student Daniel …
An article from Asbury Park Press highlights a new Rutgers University Climate Change Resource Center report warning that New Jersey’s climate is becoming increasingly extreme, with hotter summers, heavier rainfall, and worsening flooding. The report shows that New Jersey is warming at twice the global average rate, with 2024 recorded as the second hottest year in the state’s history. These …
From the efforts of local communities, powered by eager volunteers and donors, a new way to protect our shorelines and fight against climate change has sprung up from a somewhat unexpected place – the restaurant table. In Long Beach Township, Barnegat Bay, and numerous other locations and states, a movement to use oyster shells to rebuild reefs has been set into …
