Chunks of Jersey Shore were swallowed by monster winter storm; see the damage
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
Posted Feb 05, 2021
Beach erosion in Stone Harbor, New Jersey on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. The damage was caused by a major winter storm that slammed New Jersey the day before. (Photo courtesy of Ann Delany)(Photo courtesy of Ann Delany)
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As a powerful nor’easter slammed New Jersey with thick blankets of snow and ice earlier this week, the storm chewed through the state’s beaches and dunes.
Hour after hour of coastal flooding caused widespread beach erosion documented in photos and videos posted on social media.
The finding suggests that survivors rapidly evolve to resist the fungal disease, according to a new study.
“Evolution is often thought of as a process that happened long ago. We have found that it has also been happening right in our backyards…”
White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats in North America since 2006, following its introduction from Europe. The syndrome, which the fungal pathogen
Pseudogymnoascus destructans causes, is arguably the most catastrophic wildlife disease in history. It has led to unprecedented declines in many North American bat species, including the little brown bat (
Myotis lucifugus).
“Our finding that little brown bat populations have evolved, which could be why they survived, has large implications for management of bat populations going forward,” says Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn, a former postdoctoral associate at Rutgers University-New Brunswick now at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Maryland.
Groups clash over potential privatization on latest virtual meeting on Liberty State Park clean up
By Daniel Ulloa/Hudson County View
The polluted, unused land in the interior of Liberty State Park (LSP) will be converted into active recreation areas and it was noted the park will receive funding through the state legislature for the construction.
NJ DEP Deputy Commissioner Olivia Glenn moderated the webinar, as she has throughout this ongoing series.
She emphasized they want to hear stakeholder voices and also pointed out that construction is likely to begin early next year after the extensive pubic comment process is completed.
Residents have say on plans for Jackson Parke South housing development
Residents have say on plans for Jackson Parke South housing development
JACKSON – Residents expressed their views regarding the proposed Jackson Parke South residential development during the Feb. 1 meeting of the Jackson Planning Board.
The meeting was conducted in a virtual manner due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Jackson Parke South application is expected to return before the board for additional consideration on Feb. 8.
The applicant, EL at Jackson, LLC, is proposing to construct 549 residences on a 129-acre tract off West Veterans Highway in the Cassville section of Jackson. The project proposes 61 single-family homes, 144 apartments and 344 townhomes.
Credit: Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn
Scientists have found genetic differences between bats killed by white-nose syndrome and bats that survived, suggesting that survivors rapidly evolve to resist the fungal disease, according to a Rutgers-led study with big implications for deciding how to safeguard bat populations.
White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats in North America since 2006, following its introduction from Europe. The syndrome, caused by the fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans, is arguably the most catastrophic wildlife disease in history. It has led to unprecedented declines in many North American bat species, including the little brown bat (
Myotis lucifugus). Our finding that little brown bat populations have evolved, which could be why they survived, has large implications for management of bat populations going forward, said lead author Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn, a former postdoctoral associate at Rutgers University-New Brunswick now at the Smithsonian En