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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 19h

Keeping the lights on during storms, blackouts, or equipment failures is a growing challenge as we shift toward renewable energy. A new study published in Computers & Industrial Engineering explores how advanced artificial intelligence (AI) can help ...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 1d

An article from The New Indian highlights how James Shope, RCEI Affiliate and Assistant Extension Specialist in Climate Services at Rutgers University, presented New Jersey’s innovative approach to climate education at the NYC Green School Conference ...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 2d

As more wind farms around the world get older, big decisions need to be made: should they keep running, be upgraded with new parts, or be shut down completely? Answering these questions requires accurate assessments of their reliability—how frequently ...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 9d

Cristina Marte has always known that movement holds power, and she has spent her life sharing that power with others. As a dancer, educator, curriculum designer, and advocate, she has built a career around the belief that dance is not only performative, but ...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 10d

Finding a parking spot at a busy shopping mall or waiting to charge an electric vehicle can be frustrating. A new study published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems explores how to make these everyday challenges easier. The authors ...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 11d

A new study has challenged a long-held belief in ecology: that a bee’s body size determines how far it travels and, in turn, how much land around it matters. The authors of the study, published in Ecography, tested this idea—called the “mobility hypothesis” ...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 11d

Chase Wunder is a Rutgers University Graduate Research Fellow at Rutgers University Marine Field Station (RUMFS) located on the banks of Great Bay. The project he's involved in, Fish Tagging Research and Education Program (FiTREP,) is a volunteer-driven pilot ...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 12d

“My biggest takeaway was that your Rutgers experience is what you make of it.”

This comment from Meishka Mitchell, a new lecturer in the Department of Human Ecology, came after attending the SEBS Early Career Faculty Retreat in late August. In this event ...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 12d

As a co-principal investigator on a National Science CFIRE (Advancing Cell-Free Systems Toward Increased Range of Use-Inspired Applications) initiative, RCEI affiliate Yalin Li, an assistant professor in the Rutgers School of Engineering Department of Civil and ...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 15d

Applications are now open for the second round of the Graduate Student Clean Energy Fellowship, offered in partnership with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU)!

Applications are due October 31, 2025 and you can apply with the QR code or through this link: go.rutgers.edu/clean_energy...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 16d

In a recent study published in ISME Communications, researchers discovered five brand-new species of cold-loving bacteria in the Arctic tundra of northern Finland. Lee Kerkhof, RCEI Affiliate, Professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, and Max...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 17d

Rare earth elements (REEs) play a big role in modern technologies, including electronics, magnetics, and systems that generate clean energy. A new study explores the stability of some rare earth materials —specifically, rare earth oxychlorides — which is crucial...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 18d

Katherine Bermingham is a cosmo-geochemist who studies the chemical makeup of meteorites to learn the story of Earth’s formation and the Solar System. She leads the Isotope Cosmo-Geochemistry Laboratory, where she uses isotopic analysis of ...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 19d

The Rutgers Immersive Learning through Science Storytelling Lab in the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences supports students from a wide variety of majors to partner with Rutgers University researchers in the co-creation of compelling video...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 24d

Once a chemical engineer, forever an artist. Atif Akin calls himself a “problem-maker” rather than a problem solver. He enjoys posing skeptical questions and ruffling feathers, and he does not worry much about answering the questions he puts forward...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 24d

The inaugural Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) Research Fellowship cohort convened at Rutgers University's University Inn and Conference Center to kick off their journey, welcomed by Susan Renoe, Executive Director of ARIS and Associate...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 24d

Humans could learn a thing or two from orangutans when it comes to maintaining a balanced, protein-filled diet.

Great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia, orangutans are marvels of adaptation to the vagaries of food supply in the wild...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 24d

An article from Fast Company reports on new research showing where solar energy investments can most effectively reduce carbon emissions across the United States. The study, published in Science Advances, modeled how increasing solar capacity by just 15% ...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 24d

A United Nations-affiliated science panel has named three Rutgers University scientists as lead authors on a report that will serve as the next worldwide assessment of climate change.

Rutgers University–New Brunswick faculty members and RCEI affiliates Robert...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 24d

As we use more electricity for things like cars and heating, power distribution systems are becoming more stressed—especially as our electric grids get older—and power outages are becoming more impactful. But what if the local solar panels, batteries, or even...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · Aug 31

Backed by funding from a federal agency and a nonprofit safety science organization, Rutgers Health researchers are taking a closer look at the recent Los Angeles wildfires and their impact on public health and the environment.

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · Aug 31

From “New Jersey’s highest recognition of innovation”, two research teams at Rutgers have been bestowed Research & Development Council of New Jersey Edison Patent Awards honoring their brilliant technological work, including their own respective startups.

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · Aug 29

In this new study, co-authored by RCEI affiliate Derek Shendell, the authors translated an existing online course on climate change, sustainability, and environmental justice into Spanish. The course, created by the New Jersey Safe Schools Program, includes...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · Aug 28

A new study in 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 explores whether protecting ocean animals like fish, whales, and other marine life could help slow climate change. The authors reviewed current science to see how these animals store and move carbon in the ocean...

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · Aug 25

Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute is now on Bluesky!