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    A Duke Forest tour featured research from the SEEDS Lab.
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    Earth Saw Record-High Greening in 2020. What’s at the Root?

    Satellite records show spectacular vegetation growth coinciding with the first year of the pandemic. Researchers investigated whether lockdowns played a role.
  • PlanetLab field work in Madagascar
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    NSOE Lab of the Month: PlanetLab

    Meet the PlanetLab, learn more about its research focus, lab members' experiences in the lab and the opportunities the lab offers Duke students.
  • A historic lithium mine in North Carolina
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    What Are the Effects of Historic Lithium Mining on Water Quality?

    Duke study reveals low levels of common contaminants but high levels of other elements in waters associated with an abandoned lithium mine.
  • Researcher in river
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    NSOE Lab of the Month: Doyle Lab

    Meet the Doyle Lab, learn more about its research focus, a lab member's experience in the lab and the opportunities the lab offers Duke students.
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    Emerging Leaders in Water Sector Selected as 2024-2025 Fellows of Duke's WILD Program

    Eighteen emerging leaders from water and wastewater utilities across the United States have been selected as 2024-2025 Fellows of the Nicholas School for the Environment at 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû’s Water Innovation Leadership Development (WILD) Environment+ program.
  • Community forestry project in Madhesh Province, Nepal
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    Mixed Approach to Reforestation Better Than Planting or Regeneration Alone

    Reforestation in low- and middle-income countries can remove up to 10 times more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at lower cost than previously estimated, making it a potentially more effective option to fight climate change.
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    Scientists Develop New Geochemical ‘Fingerprint’ to Trace Contaminants in Fertilizer

    An international team of scientists has revealed high levels of toxic metals in global phosphate fertilizers using a variant of the element strontium to uncover such metals in soil, groundwater and possibly the food chain.
  • Larch trees in Daxing’an Mountains, China
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    Manganese's Surprising Role in Soil Carbon Sequestration

    Exchangeable manganese cuts carbon storage in boreal forests
  • Member of Vengosh Lab collecting a sample
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    NSOE Lab of the Month: Vengosh Lab

    Meet the Vengosh Lab, learn more about its research focus, PhD students' experience in the lab and the opportunities the lab offers Duke students.
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    Hard water is contaminated with glyphosate complexes in Sri Lankan communities plagued by chronic kidney disease
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    As the world undergoes the great energy transition — from fossil fuels to alternative energy and batteries — rare earth metals are becoming more precious.
  • Daniel Richter collects soil sample
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    Urban Parks Built on Former Waste Incineration Sites Could Be Lead Hotspots

    A new 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû study finds that municipal waste incinerators' legacy of contamination could live on in urban soils.
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    Study Reveals New Way to Test PFAS in People’s Blood

    People in areas where drinking water is contaminated with PFAS often want to know their PFAS blood levels but have trouble gaining access to reliable testing, which traditionally involves having their blood drawn by a medical professional.
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    Two-year effort quantifies water affordability challenge, offers recommended solutions

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