Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program
HYPERLINK "" \t "_blank" NJ weather: Is road salt poisoning our drinking water? Two words: Flint, MichiganAsbury Park Press, 1/7/2020Road salt. Each winter it saves countless lives by keeping roads and sidewalks clear of ice and snow, but there's increasing awareness it is also corroding water lines and putting dangerous lead into tap water across New Jersey... "The issue of salt in general has been an issue for water suppliers more and more," said?Daniel Van Abs, a?Rutgers University?associate professor and expert in water supply protection, who formerly chaired the New Jersey Clean Water Council.Marine Labs on the Water's Edge Are Threatened by Climate ChangeThe New York Times, 1/7/2020In New Jersey, the?Rutgers University Marine Field Station?has put climate change into its 30-year plan as "a long-term experiment to learn how infrastructure and people will react to the rising sea, and how the rising sea will interact with human development," said?Oscar Schofield, acting director of the field station and chairman of the Rutgers?Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences. Already, he said, sea level rise and subsidence leave the road to the station frequently flooded at high tides.Out of Luck: Still No Hearing for Gov's Nominees to Highlands and Pinelands AgenciesNJ Spotlight, 1/8/2020Gov. Phil Murphy's bid to recast the focus of the state's two most prominent planning agencies, the Pinelands Commission and the New Jersey Highlands Council, appears to have been thwarted - at least for the near-term... On the Highlands, the nominees included?Daniel Van Abs, a?Rutgers?assistant professor and formerly staff member of the Highlands Council; Bill Kibler, director of policy for the Raritan Headwaters Association; and Winnie-Fred Victor Haines, co-chair of the Newark Environment Commission.Man claims to own 'world's oldest' McDonald's hamburger. Here's why it looks (almost) good enough to eatYahoo News, 1/8/2020Donald W. Schaffner, Ph.D., food science graduate program director at?Rutgers University, says that McDonald's explanation is in line with science. And though the burger may look fresher than expected, it's only because low water levels in the meat and bread have prevented mold growth, along with the sugar and salt in the pickles. "I suspect that if you cut off a portion of the burger and soaked it in a glass of water, it would spoil," he says.Rutgers graduate fills New Brunswick food desert through organic farmMorning Ag Clips, 1/8/2020Rutgers alumnus James Klett, who graduated with a minor in agriculture, can be found during the season at the New Brunswick Community Farmers’ Market on the Cook/Douglass campus. He sells vegetables grown at Fairgrown Farm, his organic farm on an eight-acre plot off Aunt Molly Road in Hopewell.Man claims to own 'world's oldest' McDonald's hamburger. Here's why it looks (almost) good enough to eatYahoo News, 1/8/2020McDonald's spokesperson said in a statement: "In the right environment, our burgers, like most other foods, could decompose. But, in order to decompose, you need certain conditions - specifically moisture. Without sufficient moisture - either in the food itself or the environment – bacteria and mold may not grow and therefore, decomposition is unlikely.?Donald W. Schaffner, Ph.D., food science graduate program director at?Rutgers University, says that McDonald's explanation is in line with science. And though the burger may look fresher than expected, it's only because low water levels in the meat and bread have prevented mold growth, along with the sugar and salt in the pickles. "I suspect that if you cut off a portion of the burger and soaked it in a glass of water, it would spoil," he says.How to handle work stress: Adding a desk plant can reduce anxietyToday, 1/9/2020Office workers who cared for a plant on their desk and gazed at it for a few minutes when they felt tired experienced less anxiety than before they had one, a recent study published in the journal HortTechnology has found. Many also had a lower pulse... It was particularly significant that this study was conducted in a true office environment rather than in a lab, said?Gary Altman, associate director of the?horticultural therapy program?at?Rutgers University, who was not involved in the research.McDonald's responds to 20-year-old burger, says it's 'by no means the same as the day it was purchased'Fox News, 1/9/2020As it turns out, there's likely nothing unusual going on with that 20-year-old McDonald's burger that hasn't started to rot...?Donald W. Schaffner, Ph. D., distinguished professor and extension specialist for the Food Science graduate program at?Rutgers University, told Fox News that the explanation provided by McDonald's was an "entirely factual response." "I would've said the same thing," he explained, but stipulated that there's still a lot of information we don't know about how the burger was stored in the years after it was initially bought. Under the right conditions, however, it's possible that any burger, not just a fast-food burger, could be preserved like this.Climate change: 2019 was 10th warmest year on record for New , 1/9/2020New Jersey saw its 10th warmest year on record in 2019, echoing a global trend that has seen sea levels rise and extreme weather events become more common, according to a report released Wednesday... "We're seeing the results of a warming planet in every corner of this state," said?David Robinson, a?Rutgers?professor. "It's no random chance that New Jersey has seen so many warm years in the last few decades."A Colorado Professor Is Warning The World Of Nuclear Winter -- AgainCPR News, 1/9/2020For the latest round of nuclear winter research, Toon partnered with?Alan Robock, a professor of environmental sciences at Rutgers University. Together, the pair has published studies and op-eds on the climatic effects of atomic weapons, trying to promote both the science and its political implications. The work hasn't halted a revived global arms race, though.According to Robock, there's one big reason new predictions of nuclear winter haven't stopped the trend. "Carl Sagan isn't around," he said.What a wild year it's been: Rutgers releases list of New Jersey's Top 10 weather eventsNews 12 New Jersey, 1/13/2020The state climatologists at?Rutgers University?have released a list of the Top 10 weather events to hit New Jersey in 2019.The eruption of the Taal volcano isn't affecting the global climate just yetQuartz, 1/14/2020"To impact global climate, volcanic eruptions must inject SO2 into the stratosphere," wrote Allegra Nicole LeGrande, a research scientist at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at NASA, referring to sulfur dioxide's chemical formula. "I am not seeing measurements indicating that has happened yet in 2020 at Taal Volcano."?Alan Robock, a professor in the department of environmental sciences at?Rutgers University, agreed: "So far it's not large enough."We invite you to send an email to?InTheNews@aesop.rutgers.edu?alerting us when you are quoted in a story or if your program is mentioned in the news. Please send links of news,?as it happens, as some media outlets do not retain online links beyond a week.Visit the newly redesigned SEBS and NJAES Newsroom at?sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu. ................
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