To understand how Earth’s climate is changing, we first need to understand how it has changed before. One of the best tools for doing that sits at the bottom of the ocean — tiny, fossilized shells of microscopic, single celled creatures called foraminifera. A ... Read more at tinyurl.com/mvvxcvu4

Congratulations to RCEI affiliate Angela Oberg for receiving the Moves DuMonde Sustainability Award for her transformative and impactful work at Rutgers University! Starting off as an undergraduate premed, philosophy, and biology major, her winding path to ... Read more at tinyurl.com/5x8bm5kp

More than 20 faculty from SEBS and NJAES completed the inaugural “Charting Your Research Pathway” workshop series hosted by the SEBS/NJAES Office of Research this past March. Over six weeks, participants refined their Rutgers research visions, explored new ... Read more at tinyurl.com/34u8mcxp

RCEI affiliate Ximing Guo, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS) at Rutgers University, has been honored by the Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin (WRA) with its 2026 Samuel S. Baxter Memorial Award... Read more at tinyurl.com/9hahv9t6

On a patch of Livingston campus once covered in asphalt, Rutgers University—New Brunswick students are planting the beginnings of a forest, one designed not just to grow quickly but to bring people into the work of reforestation. The transformation is part of ... Read more at tinyurl.com/24yx8eww

Noĕmie Denis, a doctoral student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is a multiple ScarletPitch award winner for her research related to polymer-ceramic composites. Her recognition includes competitions within Rutgers and internationally. For... Read more at tinyurl.com/2k8d3h2a

RCEI affiliate Brooke Maslo, an associate professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at Rutgers University—New Brunswick, has been named the inaugural holder of the Joanna Burger Endowed Legacy Professorship. Maslo’s appointment is... Read more at tinyurl.com/3vyc293t

Wildfire smoke is no longer confined to distant regions. It is increasingly affecting communities throughout the United States, raising urgent questions about air quality, public health and long-term risk. Researchers at Rutgers are studying how wildfire smoke... Read more at tinyurl.com/3m7tca39

Congratulations! This year’s Faculty Year-End Excellence Awards honored RCEI affiliate Debashish Bhattacharya as one of five tenured faculty members who have received the prestigious Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research. This award signifies his ... Read more at tinyurl.com/muysjuxb

An article from Gothamist explains the growing political and policy conflict in New Jersey over new coastal development regulations designed to address climate change and rising sea levels. The rules—known as the REAL (Resilient Environments and Landscapes) ... Read more at tinyurl.com/mn233xrc

Scientists have developed a powerful new statistical approach that can reveal complex patterns in how fish move and adapt to their environments—information that’s been hiding in plain sight within fish ear stones. A study published in the journal Reviews in Fish... Read more at tinyurl.com/mmuy44ts

RCEI intern Edith Zhao, a student in the Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Program, has received the Alpha Zeta Student of the Year Award for her graduating class, Class of 2028! With this award, she is being recognized as a student leader who has... Check out the news at tinyurl.com/yzuz4th9

Two RCEI affiliates, Rutgers University Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences - DMCS Department Chair Oscar Schofield and Professor Kay Bidle, were honored for their work elevating research impact at the 2026 Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society... Read more at tinyurl.com/2zardku3

Today is the day! Support the Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute this #RUGIVINGDAY in our mission for a resilient, equitable, and sustainable climate future! We need you now more than ever. Join us at give.rutgersfoundation.org/rutgers-clim...

A majority of New Jerseyans are concerned at some level about the effects of changing climate conditions and place responsibility for limiting greenhouse gas emissions on various levels of government and businesses, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll... Read more at tinyurl.com/5n8hmwxp

This Friday, #RUGIVINGDAY 2026, we need you more than ever. Your contributions will support graduate students and early career scholars, research programs that develop real-world solutions, and building connections between the arts and sciences. Join us: give.rutgersfoundation.org/rutgers-clim...

Scientists report that a living reef coastal defense system can reduce wave power significantly, suggesting the approach could offer a new way to protect shorelines from storms and rising seas. Their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy... Read more at tinyurl.com/48tf48yy

The Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science hosted its 35th Annual Turfgrass Symposium on March 19, bringing together faculty, staff, students, researchers and industry leaders for a day of collaboration, innovation and knowledge exchange. Held at Rutgers ... Read more at tinyurl.com/3a8fcpb3

On April 3, Laura Lawson, Executive Dean of the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), spoke with the students gathered in the classroom at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health at Rutgers University for their final... Read more at tinyurl.com/5af45nb8

An article from MSN explains how large volcanic eruptions can temporarily cool the entire planet, highlighting a counterintuitive but well-documented climate process. While volcanoes are typically associated with heat and destruction, the article emphasizes that... Read more at tinyurl.com/2s3kpfm9

Written by RCEI affiliate Pamela McElwee, a professor in the Department of Human Ecology, this article, published in Science, is a call to action for US scientists, organizations, and citizens to not let the gaping hole in climate science left by the Trump ... Read more at tinyurl.com/59x8ckrn

Penguins waddling across Antarctic ice might seem far removed from a classroom in New Jersey, but a new study shows that these charismatic birds can be a powerful hook for teaching young people about climate change — and inspiring them to see themselves as future... Read more at tinyurl.com/yw2m6as5

RCEI affiliate Sue Huang is using speculative and critical design to bring long-dead plant species in New Jersey back to life in the collective human consciousness. Her latest work is a collaborative effort founded in both science and the imagination – one that... Read more at tinyurl.com/4skn8tyx

RCEI affiliate and Distinguished Professor Robert Kopp (Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University) recently appeared on Tidal Flooding Talk, the only weekly show in America dedicated to coastal flooding and resiliency, presented by the New ... Read more at tinyurl.com/448je4jj

At a reception hosted at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. on March 4, Professor and RCEI affiliate Siobain Duffy and her international research team were recognized with the Pioneering UK–US Breakthroughs (PUB) Award, a distinction honoring seven ... Read more at tinyurl.com/mv2ty95d

New research finds that news stories about who is most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change can have very different effects — depending on whether they focus on race or income. Climate change doesn’t harm everyone equally. Flooding, heat waves, and other... Read more at tinyurl.com/pvfk2ud9

Plants are remarkably good at adjusting how they capture sunlight and produce food through photosynthesis. A new computer model helps scientists better understand these adjustments by looking at what happens at different heights within a plant canopy, from the ... Read more at tinyurl.com/2xbjrcva

Scientists have identified a new way to distinguish healthy guts from diseased ones and track how some illnesses progress by measuring how gut bacteria interact with one another. According to a study published in 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, a Rutgers-led team of scientists found ... Read more at tinyurl.com/36254ysz

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor and RCEI affiliate Qizhong (George) Guo, a leader in water resources engineering, is the director of the Rutgers University School of Engineering's Urban and Coastal Water Systems Laboratory. Since ... Read more at tinyurl.com/45cv6dxy

Congratulations to RCEI affiliate Eric Lam, who has received the Provost Award for Pioneering Research, a part of the annual Chancellor and Provost Awards for Faculty Excellence – a statement to his wealth of intellectual contributions to Rutgers University. Learn more at : tinyurl.com/2j2zyswn

Natural disasters have shaped the course of history in more ways than people can imagine. In his new book, “Wicked Weather: Natural Disasters that Changed History,” Rutgers University—Newark Distinguished Service Professor and RCEI affiliate Alexander Gates ... Read more at tinyurl.com/4b6udzrr

As any diver knows, oceans can be cloudy places. Even on sunny days, snow-like particles drift through the water column, obscuring the aquatic world below. Scientists have long known that this “marine snow” carries inorganic calcium carbonate – the building ... Read more at tinyurl.com/mmj4p27k

A bird banking in a crosswind doesn’t rely on spinning blades. Its wings flex, twist and respond instantly to its environment. Engineers at Rutgers University have taken a major step toward building bird-like drones that move the same way, flapping their wings ... Read more at tinyurl.com/yt3ypzrp

Ask a New Jersey middle schooler what they think about when choosing what to eat, and you’ll probably hear: taste, texture, and whether it’ll upset their stomach. Ask them what they do to help the planet, and they’ll mention picking up litter or recycling. What ... Read more at tinyurl.com/bdz44rtd

A mysterious disease has been quietly destroying coral reefs across the Caribbean for over a decade. Stony coral tissue loss disease, or SCTLD, causes coral tissue to simply fall away, killing entire colonies — and no one has been able to pinpoint exactly what... Read more at tinyurl.com/4f8vtfuh

The 2026 Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Annual Conference convened on January 15 at the Busch Student Center, bringing together faculty, staff, and stakeholders from across New Jersey. The annual gathering provided a shared space for networking, professional... Read more at tinyurl.com/4db7zt5v

Miles off the coast of New Jersey and New England, two major forces are converging: the rapid expansion of offshore wind energy and some of the most valuable fisheries in the United States. A new editorial published in Fisheries Oceanography takes stock of what... Read more at tinyurl.com/mupxerv3

In laboratories and greenhouses at Rutgers University-New Brunswick – alongside collaborators at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Florida and Bar-Ilan University – scientists are advancing plant breeding innovations to protect one of the ... Read more at tinyurl.com/2p73kjya

Droughts are the world’s most widespread natural disaster, and climate change is making them longer, more intense, and possibly more frequent. But how much do droughts actually hurt local economies and can water storage help cushion that blow? A new study tackles.. Read more at tinyurl.com/bdzz5vkr

Rutgers researchers have made a discovery that could change the future of seafood farming in New Jersey. A study led by marine scientist and RCEI affiliate Daphne Munroe has shown that Atlantic surfclams can be successfully farmed in the open ocean. Her research... Read more at tinyurl.com/mpm95869

A study published by the W. M. Keck Institute for Space Studies in collaboration with Rutgers University, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), presents a roadmap for harnessing global-scale trace gas and ... Read more at tinyurl.com/2r46sp5h

Faculty from SEBS and NJAES gathered on Rutgers’ Cook Campus in January to kick off a dialogue that the SEBS Office of Research hopes will lead to an increase in the high-quality, cross-disciplinary research at Rutgers that often significantly impacts the state ... Read more at tinyurl.com/3tacntsp

Cities across China are transforming to become more environmentally sustainable, but this “green transition” is happening very unevenly—and new research reveals that the biggest gaps aren’t between provinces, but between cities within the same province. A study... Read more at tinyurl.com/4z8jsz45

An article from Inside Climate News examines how powerful winter storms can trigger dangerous coastal flooding in New Jersey—highlighting that nor’easters, not just hurricanes, pose serious risks to the state’s densely populated shoreline.The story focuses on a... Read more at tinyurl.com/z8uabbc4

As wind turbines grow taller to capture stronger and steadier winds over the ocean, predicting how much electricity they’ll generate becomes more complex. A new study published in the journal Technometrics, one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in statistics... Read more at tinyurl.com/mpbrwjms

The Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation is among the recipients of a New Jersey Economic Development Authority grant to help strengthen the state’s food security infrastructure. The institute, known as RICSI, is part of Rutgers Business School. The... Read more at tinyurl.com/mr2hvnd5

RCEI affiliate Onur Bilgen, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, elected to spend his 2025 spring semester sabbatical at the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology’s (AAiT) School of Electrical and Computer Engineering... Read more at tinyurl.com/56rw5kk6

Imagine waking up before sunrise to nature’s chorus, trusting that the river near your home will provide your family with nutritious food and sustain life in the community. Yet, each year, shifting seasonal patterns make the river more unpredictable and its ... Read more at tinyurl.com/ycy7yxzb

Annually, the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters (LCV) presents their top award, the Sustainability Award, to “an institution or business that is at the forefront of building a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable future for New Jersey.” This year... Read more at tinyurl.com/mwfh4mww

RCEI affiliate Corday Selden, assistant professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, has been selected to receive The Oceanography Society (TOS) Early Career Award. The honor .... Read and learn more about Seldon's work at tinyurl.com/5n8c87bu