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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ....
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Not all solar panels are set up the same way. Some are fixed in place, tilted toward the sun. Others track the sun’s movement throughout the day. Scientists have long known that adding a special coating to solar panels helps them capture more sunlight...
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According to a new Rutgers-coauthored paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), climate risk analysis is underperforming in some of the most basic expectations of openness. The study found that of 258 top-cited climate risk...
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An article from SciTechDaily reports on new research that helps solve a long-standing climate mystery: why Earth transitioned from an extremely warm “greenhouse” planet after the age of dinosaurs to the relatively much cooler, ice-capped world we know today ...
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An article from Media Matters for America covers a recent CNN segment that invited Rutgers University climate scientist, lead author on U.N. climate assessments, and RCEI affiliate Robert Kopp on air to push back against a common piece of climate misinformation...
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An article from WHYY reports on New Jersey’s newly finalized coastal building regulations that require new construction in flood-prone areas along the Jersey Shore to be built significantly higher to account for future sea level rise driven by climate change ...
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Climate change has many culprits, from agriculture to transportation to energy production. Now, add another: the deep ocean salty blob. In a groundbreaking study of ancient ocean geochemistry, a Rutgers researcher and a former Rutgers graduate student have found...
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A new partnership between Rutgers University, Stockton University, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and marine technology company Ocean Power Technologies Inc. will bring new life to a historic ocean research program off the Jersey Shore...
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Ammonia is essential for making fertilizers that help feed the world, but producing it typically requires massive amounts of energy and releases significant greenhouse gases. Now, researchers have found a promising new way to create ammonia while simultaneously...
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Long before they even leave port, Rutgers oceanographic research colleagues and RCEI affiliates Joe Gradone and Corday Selden are thinking about their packing list. It won’t include beach chairs and novels. They are planning for crates of sensors, autonomous ...
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An article from CBS News examines how a major winter storm forecast across much of the United States has been misused by President Trump to cast doubt on climate change—and why scientists say that argument doesn’t hold up. The story explains that President ...
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Rutgers School of Engineering (SoE) Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Assistant Professor Aziz Ezzat is an affiliate of the Rutgers AI and Data Science (RAD) group and of the Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute (RCEI). His expertise extends to ...
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An article from TIME (magazine) explains how climate change is reshaping Americans’ expectations of a “white Christmas,” and why snowy holiday memories don’t always line up with reality. Long-term weather data and climate trends indicate that widespread snow on...
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About 3.3 million years ago, during a period called the Pliocene epoch when Earth’s atmosphere contained CO₂ levels similar to today’s, a short but intense cooling event occurred that scientists call Marine Isotope Stage M2. Understanding what happened during ...
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While equity in climate adaptation is increasingly recognized, university-based research can inadvertently reinforce inequities. Inequities often arise when research fails to engage communities, overlooks relevant concerns, lacks trust, or misinterprets...
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When basil crops across the United States began collapsing 15 years ago, farmers were desperate. A mysterious strain of downy mildew began wiping out crops with no treatments, no way to stop the disease from spreading and no basil varieties that were resistant...
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Long before becoming an atmospheric scientist, Dr. Anthony J. Broccoli was just a young boy glued to the window, searching the skies for any signs of snow. Like many children, he hoped for an impromptu day off from school. His early curiosity in predicting snow...
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An article from Inside Climate News examines New Jersey’s newly updated Energy Master Plan—an ambitious blueprint aiming for 100 percent clean electricity by 2035 and major emissions cuts by midcentury—and why achieving those goals is becoming more difficult ...
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Amidst discontent from countries and accusations of procedural misconduct, the Brazilian presidency of this year’s annual meeting of the United Nations negotiations on climate change (known as the Conference of the Parties or COP) brought COP30 Brazil to a ...
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When countries make plans to fight climate change, they often focus heavily on energy efficiency—making buildings, appliances, and vehicles use less energy. But a new study suggests this approach might be missing the bigger picture.
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What if the key to solving our planet’s biggest challenges lies with young people? A new study shows that empowering youth to develop innovative solutions could accelerate progress toward global sustainability goals–but only if we give them the right support ...
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An article from Inside Climate News reports on a major new scientific assessment showing that sea-level rise is accelerating in New Jersey, sharply increasing the state’s exposure to flooding, erosion, and other climate-driven coastal hazards. Produced by the...
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Rutgers annual Climate Symposium 2025 theme, The Blue Planet, invited consideration of the role of the oceans in Earth's climate and the tightly connected ramifications of the climate crisis for the oceans. Watch the symposium on the RCEI website. https://youtu.be/b5KIJaahXKI?si=3kM8Pq6naxdFQ_wy
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On November 12, 2025, researchers, faculty, and student scholars from academic and research institutions across the Mid-Atlantic gathered for Rutgers' annual Climate Symposium, designed to foster collaboration among the climate change and energy research...
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