An article from E&E News by Politico details a new Department of Energy (DOE) report commissioned by Energy Secretary Chris Wright that seeks to cast established climate science as an open debate. The 141-page report, authored by a small group of long-time climate skeptics, selectively uses evidence and disputed claims to question the scientific basis for climate regulations such as …
The North American Agrivoltaics Awards (NAAA) program announced on August 5 that Rutgers’ work in agrivoltaics had won its “Solar Farm of 2025” award. For the past several years, a project at Rutgers University, the Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program (RAP), has been focused on “agrivoltaics,” also known as “dual-use” solar, and is showing that a farm’s energy needs and expenses can …
New Jersey, not typically known for seismic activity, has recently experienced a noticeable uptick in earthquakes — including two tremors in Bergen County, one registering magnitude 3.0 and another at 2.7. RCEI affiliate Alexander Gates, working alongside a former student, discovered that perhaps lesser known fault lines are the cause of these earthquakes. RCEI affiliate Gates stated in this article …
As the Trump administration abruptly puts an end to a myriad of labs, climate change reports and initiatives, jobs, and funding, a gaping hole is left in their place. In an effort to at least temporarily make up for that need, numerous non-profit organizations and academic groups have formed a “greenhouse gas coalition” for the continued monitoring and research of …
Why is climate change talked about so much but yet so little? When will people start to take this issue seriously? What is being done to reduce the effect of climate change? What small things can we do every day to prevent the increase of climate change? These are the questions New Jersey youth were asking at the Climate Teen Summit …
RCEI affiliate Kay Bidle, professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS), has been selected for the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society’s ARIS inaugural 2025 Research Fellowship. Created to support notable researchers who are equally invested in their research and its impacts, the ARIS Research Fellowship focuses on how researchers can increase their capacity to frame their research as …
In early June, RCEI affiliate Dario Pompili, a professor in the School of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the director of the Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory, and two of his team members, doctoral candidates Zhile Li and Songjun Huang, went to Bonn, Germany to compete as one of 12 finalist teams in the 2025 T Challenge. Sponsored by Deutsche …
The effects of climate change recently displayed themselves very clearly in New York, as a heatwave struck the Northeast with record breaking temperatures that were only observed to that level many decades ago. Central Park, 99 degrees, reported its highest June 24th temperature in recorded history, and as the scorching heat grew and maintained due to the “heat dome” phenomenon, …
In its ongoing campaign against climate change research, the Trump administration is proposing budget cuts of about 1.8 billion dollars per year from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), taking away 2,000 full time jobs and closing down the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in Princeton. This laboratory, engaged in its mission since 1955, is a key center of …
The board named RCEI affiliate Kenneth G. Miller, acclaimed for his pioneering research on sea level and climate change, a Board of Governors Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Internationally recognized for his expertise in past sea levels, especially his research on carbon cycle and sea level, Miller has garnered more than 24,000 citations on his work on ancient sea …
