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As the year draws to a close, take a look back at the Nicholas School's most popular 10 research stories of 2019.

Study co-authored by Brian Silliman highlights importance of estuaries as prime habitat for the endangered southern sea otter.

or the next few weeks, the new research vessel Shearwater has joined the sailboats, cabin cruisers, catamarans and fishing boats normally found at the town docks this time of year, but this “classroom at sea” and its crew will soon embark on its first big trip.

When Tom Schultz learned about the Duke Campus Farm, a working farm in Duke Forest where students can volunteer to plant and harvest sustainably grown produce, an idea grew.

In 2017, 91�������� received an $11 million-dollar gift from the Grainger Family Descendants Fund to support the construction and operation of a new research vessel for the 91�������� Marine Lab.

Scientists at 91��������’s Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab and other leading marine research institutions worldwide have created an open-access online database that maps the movements of migratory species through the open ocean.

As new moms, North Atlantic right whales tone down their underwater vocalizations and “whisper” to their young calves to avoid attracting predators, a new study by scientists at Syracuse University, 91�������� and NOAA Fisheries’ Northeast Fisheries Center finds.

Four Duke students speak about challenging the long-standing precedent of STEM areas being largely populated by a male, cisgender and heteronormative culture.

Duke conference on climate change and hurricane resilience exposes continuing challenges for state

Joseph S. Ramus, professor emeritus at 91��������’s Nicholas School of the Environment, has been awarded the Order of the Longleaf Pine, one of the highest civilian honors the State of North Carolina bestows.

91�������� Marine Laboratory held its annual open house on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Members of the surrounding community were invited to visit the Beaufort, N.C., campus to learn more about the lab and its ongoing research.

A new study finds that shoreline erosion rates can double following the death of plants on wetland edges, such as these marshes in Louisiana’s Barataria Bay that were heavily oiled by 2010’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

On May 11, 2019, 91��������'s Nicholas School of the Environment recognized 187 PhD, Master of Environmental Management, Master of Forestry and DEL-MEM graduates, as well as 47 undergraduates.

Tropical and subtropical fish are taking up residence on shipwrecks and other sunken structures off the North Carolina coast. This pattern may continue or even accelerate in coming years given predictions of warming oceans under climate change, a new study co-led by 91�������� scientists suggests.