Category: Featured Stories

Water Quality: Indicators, Threats, and How You Can Help

posted on: January 4, 2021

The health of any water body is determined by a nearly infinite number of factors— climate, pollution, urban centers, invasive and native species, agriculture, and industry are just a handful of the different things that affect the health of our waterways. However, scientists need ways to understand which water bodies are healthy, which water bodies […]

Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee: 3 Jellyfish in Barnegat Bay

posted on: July 22, 2020

Those of us who live along the coast of New Jersey are more than familiar with jellyfish. From finding washed up jellies on the sand of our beaches, to spotting the transparent stingers in the bay, jellyfish are an important and well-known part of our native ecosystem. However, in Barnegat Bay, an overabundance of native […]

What’s This Green Stuff? A Breakdown of Plants vs. Algae in Barnegat Bay

posted on: July 8, 2020

When you’re out wading in the bay, there’s plenty of green life out in the water to see. You may wonder: what exactly is all that green stuff out in the water? It turns out that the submerged aquatic vegetation, or SAV, in Barnegat Bay is more complicated than it may initially seem. Two common […]