New Jersey is facing a range of troubles, from surging food prices to infrastructure decline. When it comes to climate change, Montclair State University highlights a range of problems, too, from the buildup of cyanobacteria in New Jersey waters, increasingly hot summers, and increased numbers of floods. What control the state and government have over this is debatable but, as always, individual citizens can do a lot to get involved and improve the natural environment in New Jersey, and, in the process, quality of life.