Dr. Jennifer Whytlaw produced a new story map that shows how the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal is being used to inform discussions on potential...
News
History of the Raritan River Timeline
During Spring Semester, 2019, Jenny Schneider, a candidate for the Rutgers Public History Program Certificate (School of Arts and Sciences,...
Sustainable Raritan Conference to focus on climate resilience
This year’s Sustainable Raritan River conference will be a joint effort with Rutgers Climate Institute, New Jersey Climate Change Alliance, and ...
Rutgers-Eagleton Poll indicates New Jerseyans are concerned about climate change but lack knowledge
Two-thirds of New Jerseyans are concerned about the impact that climate change will have on them, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll...
EAC Executive Director discusses climate change and health equity with Comcast Newsmakers
Jeanne Herb was interviewed by Jill Horner of Comcast News on April 18, 2019 about the lessons on health and climate change equity that Jeanne...
Call for Lightning Talks and Posters for June Conference
Promote your work or solicit input. It’s open to everyone! Do you have a Raritan based project you want to tell others about? The Sustainable...
Tracking Genes and Bacteria Responsible for Organohalide Reduction in the Raritan River Basin
The Raritan River receives wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent, stormwater runoff, combined sewer overflow (CSO), and groundwater...
Assessing Exposure of Water-Dependent Uses to Coastal Flood Hazards
Water-dependent uses along the New Jersey coast rely on access to the water that increasingly threatens to damage their facilities and support...
Take out the Rutgers’ research vessel!
The R/V Rutgers is back in the water! We are now taking reservations for spring and summer excursions. The Rutgers is capable of supporting a wide...
Mini-grant Research Projects
The Rutgers Raritan River Consortium (R3C) Mini-grant and Internship Pool program encourages collaboration between Rutgers affiliates and...
Recent Products
Training Students to Improve Coastal Resilience
Addressing risks posed by changing climate conditions in coastal areas demands innovative strategies that intersect multiple disciplines including engineering, ecology, communication, climate science, and community planning. To be usable, it also requires engaging...
Toward a research agenda on climate‐related migration
Climate change is one of the many stressors to which humans must adapt. Environmental concerns usually combine with other factors such as poverty, ethnic strife, or poor governance to become serious enough problems to warrant strong action. Migration away from...
Co-Creation of New Jersey’s 1st Health and Food Systems Municipal Master Plan Element
As described on the Trenton 250 website, a Master Plan, also called a comprehensive plan, provides a long-range vision for the built environment of a community. It guides the appropriate use of lands within a municipality in order to protect the public health and...
Energy Technologies as Social Innovations
Framing the Issue Commercial building owners introduce energy- saving technologies based on relative advantage This means that they expect that it costs less (incremental and/or life cycle costs), functions better and provides an overall benefit to the building...