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U. becomes home to NBC weather radar Nicholas Simon staff writer
Rutgers is now home to the most powerful and accurate weather radar in the tri-state area, named the StormTracker 4, according to a press release by NBC. The radar will be located on Cook campus and will be used by the Department of Environmental Sciences, students and in RU-tv’s weather broadcasts. NBC 4 New York, WNBC, Telemundo 47 and WNJU announced the arrival of StormTracker 4 on Feb. 2. “We’re excited to give our meteorology students the opportunity to observe the weather as it is developing,” said Anthony J. Broccoli, a professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences. The new weather radar will fill gaps in weather coverage across the
tri-state area with a tracking range of 50,000 square miles, roughly the size of Pennsylvania, according to NBC’s press release. “If they (students) go on to be operational meteorologists they will be using radars in their careers as well, so this program will give them a leg up in this regard,” said Steven Decker, an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences. Over the next few months, data will start being collected from the radar and students will have the opportunity to see how weather radars work, Decker said. Broccoli will be visiting NBC in New York on Wednesday to learn more about the hardware and software students will use to access the radar, he said. See radar on Page 4
The StormTracker 4 will be placed on Cook campus and will be used by NBC, as well as Rutgers meteorology students. Rutgers is the only university in the state that meets federal meteorology requirements. Courtesy of Karen Smith
Guest speaker shares methods for restricting human trafficking in U.S. Manuel Silva-Paulus contributing writer
The Rutgers Students Against Trafficking organization is composed of students that are working continuously to bring attention to the prominence of the issue of human trafficking. The organization’s meeting last Thursday featured special guest speaker Mandy Bristol-Leverett, the executive director of New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking, who spoke to the crowd about modern human trafficking and how students can spread awareness. “The more prepared the workforce is in all fields, the more we’re prepared to look for this, identify it, report it and know what to do about
it,” Bristol-Leverett said. There are numerous ways to play a role in preventing human trafficking, she said. “The first step is to learn the hotline number, 888-373-7888 or text BeFree if you see something,” Bristol-Leverett said. Right now, child brides are not recognized as victims of human trafficking in the United States, which is in direct conflict with our foreign policy, she said. The intention of this law is to give teenagers the freedom to marry their significant other if they are pregnant or going overseas, which can be seen as positive, but is being abused to force children to marry adults, Bristol-Leverett said.
“There’s very little we can do about it from a service provider standpoint,” she said. “And so we have to change the laws.” A legislative roundtable in the spring will guide the coalition’s legislative initiatives for the year, Bristol-Leverett said. One of the more effective outreaches sponsored by the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking is Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution, or SOAP, she said. “We bring hotel bars of soap labeled with the national human trafficking hotline number, updated pictures of missing children and information for staff so that they can See trafficking on Page 4
The New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking helps prevent trafficking by partnering with hotels. One way they carry this out is by labeling bar soap with the national helpline number. FACEBOOK
Rutgers study predicts drastic rise in Northeastern sea level by year 2100 Nicholas Simon staff writer
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) study was co-authored by a Rutgers professor. The study identified a particular risk of flooding in the New Jersey area. flickr
According to a recent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report, sea levels off the Northeastern coast of the United States could rise significantly by the year 2100. The report’s objective was to update scenarios of global-mean
sea level rise (GMSLR), take into account how potential GMSLR increases could impact regions along the U.S. coast and incorporate relevant information into regional and national risk management agencies, according to the report. Sea level rise will var y from one U.S. coastal zone to another, said Robert Kopp, a professor in the Department of Earth and
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Planetar y Sciences and co-author of the report. “There are particular parts of the country that are virtually guaranteed to see a much greater increase in sea level,” he said. “We are almost certain this will occur here in the Northeast.” Projections in the rise of sea level for the year 2100 range anywhere See sea on Page 4