Health and taste were rated as the most important considerations when purchasing meat overall, according to Rutgers researchers Environmental sustainability isn’t a major factor influencing meat consumption decisions for most Americans, despite increasing awareness of the climate impacts of red meat production, according to Rutgers researchers. The study, published in Appetite, examined meat and seafood consumption patterns among a nationally representative sample …
RCEI affiliate Robert Kopp explores the implications of Trump’s election victory on the ongoing climate crisis. He reflects on the Trump administration’s previous actions concerning climate change and disaster management, as well as the potential future consequences, including our ability to research and address climate-related risks. Published by The New Republic. Full article here.
RCEI affiliate, Steve Brechin explores the relationship between democracy and climate change. Using environmental sociology and related fields as a theoretical lens, Brechin and his co-author explore two possible and contrasting scenarios of the climate crisis’s sociopolitical impact. Read the essay in Sociological Forum.
Middle and high school teachers from Belleville, Jersey City, Kearny, Neptune, Newark, and New Brunswick honed their climate change knowledge and made connections to local experts in a four-day Climate and Data Literacy summer workshop on the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus. With the recent incorporation of climate change into New Jersey’s K-12 Student Learning Standards across all subject areas, New Jersey …
The Rutgers-designed, hybrid reef-mimicking experiment could provide protection from storms and coastal flooding U.S. Air Force officials installed a new kind of structure in the waters of St. Andrew Bay on the shore of the Tyndall U.S. Air Force Base in northwest Florida on Oct. 30 – the first section of a Rutgers University-designed “self-healing” reef made of custom-designed concrete …
RCEI Affiliate Dr. Pamela McElwee of the Department of Human Ecology was the lone Rutgers representative at the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) which ended November 2nd in Cali, Columbia. Rutgers has been an observer organization since 2022. McElwee participated in 3 formal side events, including one organized by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform …
The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) takes place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. As a lead-up to the negotiations, RCEI Affiliate Danielle Falzon, participated along with experts from around the world in a webinar focused on “Key Issues to Watch at COP 29” that was held on …
New Jersey State Climatologist and RCEI affiliate David Robinson discusses the current dry weather conditions and the heightened risk of wildfires. He emphasizes the state’s vulnerability as leaves fall and grasses continue to dry out. Read the full article published by NJ Spotlight News.
RCEI affiliate Paul Falkowski, Distinguished Professor in the departments of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences, was one of the specialists from a core international academic team to present to the United Nations General Assembly to officially launch the Plankton Manifesto–a call for immediate global recognition and action to protect one of Earth’s most crucial life forms–plankton. The …
Joe Gradone has been recognized for his ability to make science accessible and relevant to diverse audiences New Jersey native Joe Gradone grew up less than 40 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, but his fascination with oceanography first surged while studying geology as an undergraduate at the University of Colorado. “It took me going to a land-locked state to realize I …
