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A new $411,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is funding a four-year study by 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû researchers to better understand the cumulative effects of human and natural stresses on critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Two Nicholas School faculty members have been recognized by the university – and by their students – as being among 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû’s best teachers.

Academic journals’ current name-change policies unintentionally discriminate against transgender researchers and may increase the risks of discrimination, harassment and violence against them, a new peer-reviewed paper finds.

Fewer than 366 surviving North Atlantic right whales remain on Earth as extinction pressures mount on the critically endangered species, a new assessment published today in the journal Diseases of Aquatic Organisms finds.

91ÉçÇø¸£Àû’s Repass-Rodgers Scholars Program has named juniors Scott Burstein and Simran Sokhi as its newest scholars.

91ÉçÇø¸£Àû’s Scholars in Marine Medicine program, which offers an interdisciplinary research experience for pre-health majors interested in marine biology or environmental science, has announced six new members.

The National Academy of Sciences selected doctoral student Anjali Boyd to serve as an early career liaison to the U.S. National Committee for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Twelve 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû undergraduate students have been selected for the Rachel Carson Scholars Program, which aims to train the next generation of marine conservation leaders.

Policies that more strongly recognize the value of sustainable seafood as a source of nutrition, not just a source of livelihoods, could strengthen global food security and help take a big bite out of world hunger, a new analysis by an international team of experts shows.

A new paper outlines some of the greatest coastal restoration successes in recent decades and identifies lessons we can learn from them to protect and restore similar environments worldwide.

As the year draws to a close, take a look back at the Nicholas School's most popular stories of 2020.

Researchers have used automatic identification systems (AIS) satellite data and other spatial analysis tools to identify more than 1,000 companies that fish in the high seas—waters that lie outside national jurisdiction where fishing has raised fears about environmental and labor violations.

Guillermo Ortuño Crespo, a 2020 doctoral graduate of the Nicholas School of the Environment, has been selected to serve as one of four co-leads for the United Nations’ new Early Career Ocean Professional (ECOP) initiative.

Kendall Jefferys, a 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû senior majoring in Environmental Sciences & Policy (ESP) and English, has been a named a Rhodes Scholar.

The Nicholas School has launched a new Individual Development Plan (IDP) this fall to help PhD students ensure they’re on track to succeed, both in terms of graduating on time and acquiring the advanced skills and training needed to achieve their career goals.