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Climate Change Could Threaten Sea Snails in Mid-Atlantic Waters

March 11, 2020 sarah Jonas Atlantic Ocean, Canada, Climate Change, Commercial Fishing, Environment, Europe, Fisheries, Fishing, Food, Harvest, Marine, New Jersey, NOAA, Ocean, Oceans, Overfishing, Recruitment, Reproduction, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science

Climate change could threaten the survival and development of common whelk – a type of sea snail – in the mid-Atlantic region, according to a study led by scientists at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. The common, or waved, whelk (Buccinum undatum) is an important commercial species that has been harvested for decades in Europe and Canada for bait and human consumption. Its habitat within the mid-Atlantic region is one of the Earth’s fastest warming marine areas and annual fluctuations in the bottom temperature are among the most extreme on the planet due to unique oceanographic conditions.

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First-of-its-kind study examines toll of nuclear war on world’s oceans

February 5, 2020 sarah Jonas Climate Change, Environment, Nuclear, Nuclear Weapons, Ocean Acidification, Oceans

A new study finds that a nuclear war could throw the world’s ocean chemistry for a loop—and coral reefs could pay the price.

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Global Cooling After Nuclear War Would Harm Ocean Life

February 5, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Black Carbon, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, Chemistry, Climate Change, Corals, Environment, fish, Fish Stocks, Fisheries, Food, Fossil Fuels, global warming, India, LAND, Marine Life, National Center For Atmospheric Research, New Jersey, nuclear war, Nuclear Weapons, nuclear winter, Nutrition, Ocean, Ocean Acidification, Oceans, Oysters, Pakistan, Russia, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Salinity, Sea, Seafood, Shellfish, Smoke, soot, Stratosphere, sunlight, Temperature, U.S. Department Of Energy, United States, University of Colorado Boulder, upper atmosphere, water

A nuclear war that cooled Earth could worsen the impact of ocean acidification on corals, clams, oysters and other marine life with shells or skeletons, according to the first study of its kind.

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Scientists Find Far Higher than Expected Rate of Underwater Glacial Melting

January 29, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Alaska, Climate Change, Environment, Freshwater, Glaciers, global warming, ice, Meltwater, New Jersey, NJ, Ocean, Oceans, Robotic, Robots, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Sea-level rise, SNOW, Sonar, University Of Alaska Fairbanks, water

Tidewater glaciers, the massive rivers of ice that end in the ocean, may be melting underwater much faster than previously thought, according to a Rutgers co-authored study that used robotic kayaks. The findings, which challenge current frameworks for analyzing ocean-glacier interactions, have implications for the rest of the world’s tidewater glaciers, whose rapid retreat is contributing to sea-level rise.

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Contradicting prevalent view, UCI oceanographers predict increase in phytoplankton

January 27, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Climate Change, earth system science, Faculty, Geoscience, OCEANOGRAPHY, Oceans, Research

Irvine, Calif., Jan. 27, 2020 – A neural network-driven Earth system model has led University of California, Irvine oceanographers to a surprising conclusion: Phytoplankton populations in low-latitude waters will expand by the end of the 21st century. The unexpected simulation outcome runs counter to the longstanding belief by many in the environmental science community that global climate change will make tropical oceans inhospitable to phytoplankton, which form the base of the aquatic food web.

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New Portable Tool Analyzes Microbes in the Environment

January 27, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Algae, antibiotic resisistance, Bacteria, BIOCHEMISTRY, Cells, Climate Change, Contamination, Coral, Coral Reefs, Devices, Ecosystems, Engineering, Environment, Genomics, Harmful Algal Blooms, Health, microbes, Microbiology, Microorganisms, New Jersey, NJ, Oceans, Physiology, Pollution, Population, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Temperature, Tools, water

Imagine a device that could swiftly analyze microbes in oceans and other aquatic environments, revealing the health of these organisms – too tiny to be seen by the naked eye – and their response to threats to their ecosystems. Rutgers researchers have created just such a tool, a portable device that could be used to assess microbes, screen for antibiotic-resistant bacteria and analyze algae that live in coral reefs. Their work is published in the journal Scientific Reports.

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Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Global Fisheries Management Study

January 13, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Australia, Environment, fish, Fisheries, Fishing, Harvest, New Jersey, New Zealand, NJ, Ocean, Oceans, Overfishing, Preeclampsia, Regulation, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science, Sustainability, United States

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Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Greenland Ice Sheet Study

December 23, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Cities, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Science, Coastal, Communities, Environment, Flood, Flooding, Floods, Fossils, Greenland, Hurricanes, Ice Sheets, Inundation, Melting, Ocean, Oceans, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Sea-level rise, Storms

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What a Year for California State University! Looking Back at 2019

December 16, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Business, Funding, Graduation Initiative 2025, Higher Ed, Investment, Leadership, math, Oceans, Science, Social Mobility, stem, Student Success

Once again, another year has flown by. One day you’re committing to New Year’s resolutions and in the blink of an eye, you’re wrapping holiday gifts. In the midst of bustling end-of-year festivities, we’re taking a little time to reflect on all that transpired in 2019. Join us as we travel down memory lane to revisit some of the CSU’s most memorable achievements and milestones.

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Rutgers Experts Available to Discuss Report on Rising Seas and Changing Coastal Storms in N.J.

December 12, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Climate Change, Climate Science, Coastal, Communities, Flood, Flooding, Floods, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hurricanes, Ice Sheets, Infrastructure, Jersey Shore, Mapping, New Jersey, NJ, nor'easters, Ocean, Oceans, Resilience, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science, sea-level change, Sea-level rise, Storms, Tidal flooding

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New danger for corals in warming oceans: metal pollution

November 19, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Carribbean, Climate Change, Ecology and Environment, Environment, Marine Life, Oceans, Pollution, Sustainability

Metal copper from agricultural runoff and marine paint leaching from boat hulls poses an emerging threat to soft coral sea fans in the waters around Puerto Rico.

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BYE-BYE, BEACHES

October 30, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments California, California State University, global warming, Marine Science, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Oceans, Science, Sea Level Rise, Wetlands

Those beaches, as we know them today at least, almost certainly will not last. By the end of the 21st century, more than $150 billion in property along our coast could be under water. That’s because the level of the sea is rising at an alarming rate, putting these areas at risk for devastating floods.

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