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Rutgers Legal Expert Available to Discuss Environmental, Climate Change Priorities

January 21, 2021 sarah Jonas biden administration, Biodiversity, Black Carbon, Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Conservation, Deforestation, Department Of Justice, Environment, Environmental Protection, Environmental Regulations, Fires, Fossil Fuels, Government, hydrofluorocarbons, International, international treaty, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, Land Management, Law, Methane, Mining, NATO, New Jersey, Ngos, NJ, non-governmental organizations, Ocean, Oceans, Oceans, Coasts, and Coral Reefs Specialist Group, Policy, Pollution, President Biden, Regulations, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Security, soot, Sustainability, United Nations, United States, World Commission on Environmental Law

New Brunswick, N.J. (Jan. 21, 2021) – Rutgers University Professor Cymie R. Payne, an expert on United States and international environmental

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Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Record Year for Bald Eagles in N.J.

January 13, 2021 sarah Jonas Biology, Birds, Coastal, Coasts, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, Mid-Atlantic, Nesting, New Jersey, NJ, North America, Research, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, Waterways

New Brunswick, N.J. (Jan. 13, 2021) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick ecologist Michael C. Allen is available for interviews on the record

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Big Differences in How Coral Reef Fish Larvae are Dispersed

January 11, 2021 sarah Jonas Adaptation, Biology, Climate Change, Clownfish, Conservation, Coral, Coral Reefs, Corals, Currents, Dispersal, Ecology, Environment, Evolution, Extinction, genetic, Habitats, Larvae, Monsoons, New Jersey, NJ, Ocean, Oceans, Philippines, Reef Fish, Research, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, Species, Waves, Winds

How the larvae of colorful clownfish that live among coral reefs in the Philippines are dispersed varies widely, depending on the year and seasons – a Rutgers-led finding that could help scientists improve conservation of species. Right after most coral reef fish hatch, they join a swirling sea of plankton as tiny, transparent larvae. Then currents, winds and waves disperse them, frequently to different reefs.

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‘Hail to the Queen’ – Saving the Caribbean Queen Conch

January 7, 2021 sarah Jonas Aquaculture, Conservation, Food Security, habitat destruction, NOAA, Overfishing, Puerto Rico, Restoration, Shellfish, Survival, The Bahamas

Second only to the spiny lobster, the queen conch is a prized delicacy long harvested for food and is revered for its beautiful shell. Conch populations have dwindled so low, creating a dire and urgent situation in ecological and economic terms. To preserve this most significant molluscan fishery in the Caribbean, the world’s leading expert on queen conch aquaculture has published an 80-page, step-by-step user manual that provides complete illustrations and photos of how to culture and restore the queen conch.

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Planning Ahead Protects Fish and Fisheries

December 11, 2020 sarah Jonas Canada, Climate Change, Conservation, East Carolina University, Environment, fish, Fisheries, Fishing, global warming, Marine Life, marine species, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, New Jersey, NJ, NOAA, North America, Ocean, Oceans, offshore wind, Planning, Recreation, Renewable Energy, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Seafood, Shipping, Stanford University, Sustainability, United States, wave energy

Conservation of fish and other marine life migrating from warming ocean waters will be more effective and also protect commercial fisheries if plans are made now to cope with climate change, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Science Advances.

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Less Light, More Trees Assist Migrating Birds

December 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Conservation, Cornell Lab Of Ornithology, Light Pollution, Migration

Scientists from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Colorado State University used observations from the Lab’s eBird citizen-science program to estimate the seasonal species richness of nocturnally migrating passerines within 333 well surveyed urban areas in the contiguous U.S. “Richness” is defined as the number of different species in an area.

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Stunning Discovery Reveals Bonefish Dive 450 Feet ‘Deep’ into the Abyss to Spawn

December 7, 2020 sarah Jonas Acoustic Telemetry, bonefish, Conservation, Fisheries, Marine Biology, Near Threatened Species, Spawning

Using active acoustic telemetry and sonar data, a study provides the first detailed documentation of a shallow water fish diving 450 feet deep to spawn. Prior research has shown that bonefish dive about 164 feet to spawn, but this new and unprecedented study reveals that they reached depths of 450 feet, and moved below 325 feet for two hours before spawning in a rush upward to 220 feet deep.

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Pathways to sustainable land use and food systems

December 4, 2020 sarah Jonas Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Crops, food systems, Land Use, SDGs, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals

The findings of a new report suggest that integrated strategies across food production, biodiversity, climate, and diets can meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Could Private Investment Finance Conservation?

November 30, 2020 sarah Jonas Conservation, Finance

A new report called Innovative Finance for Conservation: Roles for Ecologists and Practitioners, explores how private investment could boost conservation in a big way.

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Community conservation reserves protect fish diversity in tropical rivers

November 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Conservation, fish, fish and wildlife, Thailand

A collaboration between researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison has found that small, community-based reserves in Thailand’s Salween River Basin are serving as critical refuges for fish diversity in a region whose subsistence fisheries have suffered from decades of overharvesting.

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The secret social lives of giant poisonous rats

November 19, 2020 sarah Jonas Africa, Animal Behavior, Conservation, Kenya, Mammals, Poison, POPULATION BIOLOGY, Rodent, Sequestration, Social, Toxin, Wildlife

A new study confirmed that the rabbit-sized rodent sequesters poison from the bark of Acokanthera schimperi, known as the poison arrow tree, into specialized fur for defense. The researchers also discovered an unexpected social life—the rats appear to be monogamous and may even form small family units with their offspring.

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Endangered Juvenile Smalltooth Sawfish Found in St. Lucie River

November 19, 2020 sarah Jonas Biology, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Indian River Lagoon

Scientists tagged and released a young, rare female smalltooth sawfish — a significant step for sawfish research and recovery efforts in Florida. The 10-year acoustic tag is a major milestone in providing crucial capacity to tell where these mysterious and endangered fish are headed in the future.

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