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Damaging Coastal Storm Conditions Have Become Twice as Frequent at a New Jersey Beach Since 1979

Damaging Coastal Storm Conditions Have Become Twice as Frequent at a New Jersey Beach Since 1979

This article was written by Kitta MacPherson and can be accessed by clicking here. A Rutgers study offers evidence of increasing erosion risk along the Mid-Atlantic coast Storm conditions capable of causing major coastal erosion at New Jersey’s North Beach on Sandy Hook are occurring about twice...
Living and Learning on Alaska's Juneau Icefield

Living and Learning on Alaska's Juneau Icefield

Written by EPS Graduate Student Lindsay Podjasek This summer, I had the opportunity to participate in the inaugural Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) Graduate Field Course, an interdisciplinary expedition that brings graduate students and researchers together to live and conduct science on...
Old Mines, New Questions: Reassessing Arizona's Copper Country

Old Mines, New Questions: Reassessing Arizona's Copper Country

Written by Jarrod Burges, EPS Graduate Student The electrification of America has driven the need for critical minerals — copper and rare earth elements (REEs) chief among them. Deposits like Mountain Pass, California (REEs) or Morenci and Bisbee, Arizona (copper) are the household names. However, there's...
Chasing Glass Across the Columbia River Flood Basalts

Chasing Glass Across the Columbia River Flood Basalts

Written by EPS Graduate Student Lev Jukna-ParsonsLev Jukna-Parsons 1,500 miles driven. 17 days. Four states. All in pursuit of rare, pristine volcanic glass. At the tail end of September 2025, fellow grad student Theo and I set out on a trip through the Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG). It would be...
Getting Creative When Mapping What’s Already Been Mapped

Getting Creative When Mapping What’s Already Been Mapped

Written by Michael Di Maio, EPS PhD Student When you think of “creative fields,” geology probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. More broadly, many people don’t put science and creativity in the same bucket. If you’re reading RedBeds, you probably do. But out in the world, geology still...
From Childhood Curiosity to the Curiosity Rover: Rutgers EPS Student works on Flagship NASA Mission

From Childhood Curiosity to the Curiosity Rover: Rutgers EPS Student works on Flagship NASA Mission

Student Spotlight: Kate Hendrickson and Research on the Red Planet I have been fascinated by space exploration since I was very young. My oldest brother taught me about the stars as soon as I became curious about the world around me. By third grade, I had fallen in love with Mars and NASA, even...