Congratulations to RCEI Affiliate Lily Young, who was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering on October 1, 2023. Young, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, was recognized for her pioneering work on the mechanisms of anaerobic microbial metabolism enabling remediation of organic and metal contaminants in the environment.
Last month, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation (KADF) selected three Rutgers faculty members, Lisa Auermuller, Jeanne Herb, and Victoria Ramenzoni, all RCEI affiliates, to be named 2023 Ocean Decade Champions, according to a press release. They are among the 31 scientists who have been honored with this recognition this year, all of whom …
New Jersey’s coastal fishers vulnerable to some of global warming’s harshest effects. For hundreds of years, business owners engaged in New Jersey’s commercial fisheries industry have weathered adversity, from coastal storms to species shifts. Recognizing this resilience, and acknowledging the challenges posed by global climate change, Rutgers scientists have come to their assistance. One of the results of recent efforts …
Pollution Prevention Grant Will Advance Environmental Justice The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has chosen Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to receive nearly $800,000 in funding under EPA’s Environmental Justice in Communities program to assist NJ small businesses in cutting the hazardous waste that they generate. The Rutgers project, led by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and …
Professor Ying Fan Reinfelder in the Department of Environmental Sciences is co-author of a Rutgers-led study that indicates future changes, including a reduction to Earth’s ability to store carbon. A portion of Amazonian lowland rainforest – areas critical to absorbing carbon dioxide and buffering climate change – may morph over time into dry, grassy savannas, according to a Rutgers-led study. The …
Marine ecologist Daphne Munroe, RCEI affiliate and associate professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, has a deep respect for New Jersey’s Delaware Bay and its unique ecosystem that supports an abundance of life. Munroe, a shellfish researcher working out of the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory in Port Norris, is interested in …
Institute will combine and unify the strengths of three existing institutes on climate, environment and energy research. University leaders are creating an institute designed to elevate the local, national and international profile of Rutgers–New Brunswick as a locus for scholarship on climate change, renewable energy production, energy conservation and their environmental dimensions. The Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute (RCEI) will …
On September 7, the Department of Commerce and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced $24.3 million for research projects on marine carbon dioxide removal strategies that will find solutions to the present climate crisis. The funding comprises $14 million granted by the Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act and is the largest climate investment in history. NOAA and its partners …
Analysis by Rutgers scientists shows future techniques limiting global climate change may create uneven benefits, forcing difficult decisions worldwide. A technology being studied to curb climate change – one that could be put in place in one or two decades if work on the technology began now – would affect food productivity in parts of planet Earth in dramatically different …
School of Arts and Sciences scholars to spend academic year at center founded by Einstein and others. Four faculty members in Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, including RCEI Affiliate Alastair Bellany, have been awarded memberships for the 2023-24 academic year at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, one of the world’s foremost centers for intellectual inquiry into the sciences and the …
