Wooden sign that reads "Path to Decarbonization." In the background and out of focus is a lake and a snowy mountain.

Rutgers Start-up Receives $14.5M Grant from U.S. Department of Energy

Abi Cohen2024

Queens Carbon will use the funds to advance its plan to create carbon-neutral cement Rutgers start-up Queens Carbon will receive $14.5 million in government funding to advance its groundbreaking technology that aims to eliminate carbon emissions from the cement industry. The grant comes from U.S. Department of Energy’s SCALEUP program that funds the research, development and commercialization of new energy-efficient technologies. Queens …

Rising Temperatures and Poor Air Quality Signal Future Impacts

Abi Cohen2024

A Rutgers-led report details 2023 climate trends for New Jersey Canadian wildfires that severely impacted the air quality in New Jersey and other regions of the United States in June 2023 provide a glimpse into how climate change may affect future environmental conditions in the state, according to a new report released by researchers at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. The report, The State …

Rutgers Scientists Aim to Create Best Image Ever of Ramapo Fault Zone

Abi Cohen2024

New data gathered will aid predicting hazard levels and locations of future earthquakes A Rutgers University–New Brunswick-led team of geologists has launched a comprehensive effort to analyze and record the seismicity of the area near the epicenter of the April 5 earthquake near Tewksbury Township, N.J. When completed, the project is expected to yield the clearest measurements yet of the …

RUCOOL Staff Lead Multi-Institutional Workshop on Oceanographic Data Literacy

Abi Cohen2024

Members of Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) hosted a data literacy workshop in Wilmington, North Carolina on June 2-5. Led in part by Janice McDonnell and Sage Lichtenwalner, the workshop involved nearly 50 professors from across the country learning about each other’s experiences teaching at various institutions, including community colleges, primarily undergraduate institutions, and R1 universities. This …

Rutgers Global Grant Awardee Jack Harris Develops Study Abroad Course on Scottish Sustainability

Abi Cohen2024

From June 2- 20, Jack Harris, an assistant teaching professor and Program Director in Sustainability in the Department of Human Ecology, is in Scotland meeting with academic and community partners, thanks to a Rutgers Global Grant to develop a study abroad program on “Scottish Sustainability.” The 3-credit, 3-week course, to be launched in June 2025, will meet the experiential learning …

Rutgers Cooperative Extension Food Waste Team Partners with Ohio State in Consumer Food Waste Education Project

Abi Cohen2024

The Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Food Waste Team is partnering with The Ohio State University, which was awarded a $2.5 million Pilot Consumer Education Campaign on Food Loss and Waste grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. RCE’s Food Waste Team has a strong record of success in implementing food waste education and reduction initiatives and joins Ohio State on …

NSF’s Discovery Files Podcast – Mysterious Return of Atlantic Surfclams – Has been released!

Abi Cohen2024

NSF’s Discovery Files podcast releases a new podcast episode centering around Atlantic surf clams and their disappearance off the coast of Virginia. Join RCEI affiliate Daphne Munroe as she delves into this mystery and discusses the unexpected resurgence of these clams as well as their ability to adapt to ever changing conditions.  Listen to the full podcast here or here. 

USDA and Rutgers Announce Distance Learning Grant for Food and Agricultural Education

Abi Cohen2024

Rutgers received a $232K USDA grant for distance learning focused around food and agriculture. Photo credit: Derek Vanhorn, USDA. On April 26, USDA and Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural experiment Station (NJAES) leadership announced a $232,378 Distance Learning grant at the university’s Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) in New Brunswick. Rural Development State Director Jane Asselta was joined by NJAES Executive Director Laura …

International Court Issues Unanimous Advisory Ruling on Case Involving Climate Change Obligations of Nation States

Abi Cohen2024

On May 21, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the request submitted to the Tribunal by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law. ITLOS is an independent judicial body established by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. This particular ruling relates to the …

Clip from New Jersey Spotlight News special edition, "Shrinking Shoreline" from May 27, 2024

RCEI Affiliates Bob Kopp and Ken Miller Featured on NJ Spotlight News special edition — ‘Shrinking Shoreline’

Abi Cohen2024

Congratulations to our wonderful scientists and RCEI affiliates, Bob Kopp and Ken Miller, for conveying complex concepts about climate change so succinctly in this special report, “Shrinking Shoreline,” by PBS New Jersey Spotlight News. Reporter Melissa Rose Cooper interviews Ken at approximately minute 11:28 and Bob at minute 12:49. It’s a compelling report and, thanks to Bob and Ken and …