MACH-funded and MACH-affiliated students and postdocs Adam Pollack, Ariadna Martin Oliva, Javed Ali, Pravin Maduwantha, and Sara Santamaria-Aguilar, attended and presented their work at the 2023 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco. Dr. Robert Kopp, Director of MACH, presented virtually at the meeting as well. The AGU meeting brings together a “diverse community of scientists, students, journalists, …
Four Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub (MACH) members, including Rutgers University staff and faculty members Victoria Ramenzoni, Jeanne Herb, Lisa Auermuller, and University at Albany, SUNY faculty member DeeDee Bennett Gayle, were selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation (KADF) to serve as NSF-KADF Ocean Decade Champions. NSF and KADF have joined together to empower 31 women scientists associated with …
In August of this year, Lisa Auermuller, the Administrative Director of the Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub, led a group of 17 graduate students, postdocs, and staff on a week-long tour of New Jersey’s diverse shorelines. As part of the tour, the group visited the Rutgers University Marine Field Station (RUMFS), and heard from Director Oscar Schofield about RUMFS’ history, future …
The rapid sea level rise and resulting retreat of coastal habitat seen at the end of the last Ice Age could repeat itself if global average temperatures rise beyond certain levels, according to an analysis by an international team of scientists from more than a dozen institutions, including Rutgers. In a study published in Nature, scientists reported how ancient coastal habitats …
