Snow in New Jersey?
The winter of 2022-2023 was relatively mild in New Jersey. In fact, temperatures recorded in the state during the month of January were more similar to those of an average … Read More
Kaitlyn Greenberg
Rutgers Cranberry Connection
Cranberries are a Fall staple, particularly around Thanksgiving. This Thursday, dishes of cranberry sauce will sit beside the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and other familiar favorites. Did you know that … Read More
AI and Writing
In November 2022, San Francisco-based tech company OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT. It works like this. You type a prompt–for example, “Write a blog post about the environmental impacts of COVID-19”–and it … Read More
Misinformation in Science
Information is everywhere. Every day, it bombards us from our computers, phones, and televisions. We are a “plugged-in” society, seemingly always engaging with the endless stream of think pieces, factoids, … Read More
Open Access Week 2022: Open for Climate Justice
Open Access Week runs from October 24th-30th of this year. Held annually, this event provides an opportunity for members of academic and research communities to come together and learn about … Read More
Environmental Impacts of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has touched people’s lives in a number of ways, some more immediately evident than others. Beginning in January 2020, a series of lockdowns around the world closed … Read More
Life on Mars: the ethics of space exploration
Image of Mars taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Source. In Episode Five of the popular television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980), entitled “Blues for a Red Planet,” astronomer … Read More