A new disclosure law may protect homebuyers, but a Rutgers engineer says transparency is only the first step To many homebuyers, a pond is a picturesque asset. But if it is held back by a dam, the property may also carry legal and financial responsibilities that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. A new state law seeks to prevent New Jersey …
In New Jersey alone, climate change has triggered a summer of damaging heavy rains and extreme flash flooding. Emergency managers rely on a single projected storm track based on a total rainfall prediction to issue evacuations, stage rescues, and close roads. If the forecast is off by even a few miles, the results can be catastrophic. RCEI affiliate Efthymios Nikolopoulos, …
RCEI affiliate Fiorella Prada, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences was recently awarded a U.S.–Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) grant for a collaborative project with Tali Mass at the University of Haifa. According to Prada, the project will investigate how corals maintain strong, functional skeletons under long-term ocean warming and acidification. Using naturally resilient Mediterranean coral populations living across thermal gradients and at volcanic CO2 …
A collaborative team of School of Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) students was one of four winners in the 2026 OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge. The team competed against 37 teams from 8 countries, presented their work at the Carbon Unbound East Coast 2026 conference in Manhattan where they were …
New varieties of oysters that have become an important part of the global aquaculture industry have earned Rutgers researcher and RCEI affiliate Ximing Guo a 2026 Edison Patent Award from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey (RDNJ). Guo’s invention is one of two Rutgers innovations recognized this year with the state’s highest honor for inventors and innovation. Guo, …
As global temperatures keep climbing from anthropogenic climate change, scientists and policymakers are increasingly discussing geoengineering (GE), which are large-scale technologies designed to either remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or reflect sunlight away from Earth. But a new study asks a question that hasn’t gotten much attention: who actually believes geoengineering should be the top priority for fighting climate …
Newark, New Jersey is home to dozens of parks where kids play soccer, families have picnics, and neighbors walk their dogs. But a new study finds that the soil in some of these green spaces contains higher-than-normal levels of two harmful metals: lead and arsenic. RCEI Affiliate Ashaki A. Rouff, Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at …
RCEI affiliate Shishir Chundawat, an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, is the principal investigator, or PI, on one of ten projects selected through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science, or FICUS, program, able to conduct research using resources from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User facilities. “This is an in-kind user …
In early August, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) hosted the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) 2026 Research Fellowship Kickoff at the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center. Organized by SEBS Associate Dean of Research Impact and RCEI affiliate Janice McDonnell and ARIS Executive Director Susan Renoe, associate vice chancellor for research, extension and engagement …
Along the white sandy shores of the northern Gulf of Mexico, two endangered species share the same narrow strip of coastline — but they don’t always want the same things from it. From a new study published in the journal, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, RCEI Affiliate Brooke Maslo, alongside co-authors Lydia Heilferty, Sara Zeigler, and Thomas Schlacher explore what …
