by Amanda Wallace | Dec 6, 2021 | Article, Atlantic, Ecology, Education, Ocean, Sustainable Business, Water, Wildlife
Speckled with boats and jet skis on a warm summer day, Barnegat Bay has long been a major hotspot for tourists and residents, along with a point of focus for local marine science professionals and students. Barnegat Bay, about 30 miles from the Atlantic City...
by Kristin Guglietti | Dec 1, 2021 | Article, Atlantic, Sustainable Business, Waste
HAMMONTON—The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that the generation of textiles in 2018 was 17 million tons. “There’s a lot of things that we can recycle or just keep out of the landfill, and I think textiles are one of those things...
by Joseph F. Berenato - The Hammonton Gazette | Nov 26, 2021 | Article, Atlantic, Ecology, New Jersey, Water, Wildlife
HAMMONTON—Since 2020, two scientists from Stockton University—Dr. Emma Witt, professor of environmental studies, and Dr. Aaron Stoler, professor of environmental science—have, along with their students, been conducting various studies at Hammonton Lake. Witt said that...
by Alicia Tedesco | Nov 12, 2021 | Article, Education, Essex, New Jersey, Waste
It’s a habit we don’t think about very much — we eat a snack, wrapped in plastic, or finish a box of pizza and throw the packaging in a trash bin. The container fills up to the point where barely anything fits into it anymore, and the...
by editors@civicstory.org | Sep 22, 2021 | Art, Article
***Update: the deadline to apply for the 2021-22 fellowships has now passed. Please check back in 2022 for an announcement of our next phase of the fellowship.*** CivicStory is offering student fellowships for NJ college and university juniors and seniors from October...
by Vernon Ogrodnek - The Press of Atlantic City | Jul 6, 2020 | Article, Atlantic, Cape May, New Jersey, Video
Beach erosion off First Street, in Ocean City, May 23, 2020, where a beach restoration project is expected to begin pumping sand on the beach July 2020. (Photo courtesy: VERNON OGRODNEK / For The Press) Imagine flooding in Atlantic City almost every day of the year,...
