Rutgers Health professors receive two grants to study health and environmental risks. Backed by funding from a federal agency and a nonprofit safety science organization, Rutgers Health researchers are taking a closer look at the recent Los Angeles wildfires and their impact on public health and the environment. The Environmental Health Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Center (NAMC) at the Rutgers Environmental …
A new study in Global Biogeochemical Cycles explores whether protecting ocean animals like fish, whales, and other marine life could help slow climate change. The authors reviewed current science to see how these animals store and move carbon in the ocean—a process that could help keep carbon out of the atmosphere. Grace Saba, RCEI Affiliate and associate professor in the …
Derek Shendell, DEnv, MPH, professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice at the Rutgers School of Public Health and RCEI Affiliate, is co-author of a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Health. You can read the full study here1. Many students in New Jersey and across the U.S. speak English at school but speak …
From “New Jersey’s highest recognition of innovation”, two research teams at Rutgers have been bestowed Research & Development Council of New Jersey Edison Patent Awards honoring their brilliant technological work, including their own respective startups. One of these research teams included Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and RCEI affiliate Richard Riman, serving as the advisor to PhD student Daniel …
An article from Asbury Park Press highlights a new Rutgers University Climate Change Resource Center report warning that New Jersey’s climate is becoming increasingly extreme, with hotter summers, heavier rainfall, and worsening flooding. The report shows that New Jersey is warming at twice the global average rate, with 2024 recorded as the second hottest year in the state’s history. These …
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 …
Rutgers marine scientists use tools created in New Jersey to quantify how iron stress in Southern Ocean phytoplankton slows the process of converting light energy into oxygen The next time you breathe, consider this: photosynthesis of algae, powered by iron dust in the ocean, made it possible. Now, a new Rutgers University study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences pulls …
RCEI Affiliate Hilary Sigman’s new study in Land Economics finds that EPA cleanups rarely account for climate threats like floods, hurricanes, or wildfires. Reviewing over 1,400 sites, the research highlights a need for stronger policies to better protect communities—especially in flood-prone states like New Jersey—from future climate-driven hazards.
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 …
