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NewsA Nicholas School startup focused on improving energy system management through smarter forecasting and robust risk analysis has been selected for the 15th cohort of the Joules Accelerator, a nationally recognized program for high-potential energy ventures.
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NewsAn experiential learning program exposes students to science through an artistic lens.
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NewsThe Plastic Pollution Working Group is Duke’s central hub for sharing work by faculty, staff and students related to plastic debris.
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NewsDuke and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations have signed an agreement to establish a five-year initiative to support small-scale fisheries worldwide through research, knowledge sharing and capacity building. John Virdin will lead Duke’s efforts.
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NewsOcean waters are getting greener at the poles and bluer toward the equator, according to a new study. The change reflects shifting concentrations of a green pigment called chlorophyll made by photosynthetic algae at the base of the ocean food chain.
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NewsThe Duke Critical Minerals Hub was one of three faculty collaborations selected for support through a new internal funding opportunity. The project brings together experts from engineering and the natural and social sciences to establish an interdisciplinary platform for research and education on lithium and other critical minerals.
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NewsA Marine Lab doctoral student’s Antarctic drone surveys grew into a Bass Connections project investigating seals and penguins, retreating glaciers and blooming vegetation.
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NewsFrom Costa Rica to Thailand, the rising senior has forged an interdisciplinary path.
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NewsAt the Nicholas School of the Environment, researchers and entrepreneurs are joining forces to solve environmental problems.
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NewsMeet the Read Lab, learn more about its research focus, lab members' experiences in the lab and the opportunities the lab offers Duke students.
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NewsCrab behavior suggestive of wound-tending may improve coral tolerance to heat waves.
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NewsModeling experiments show Pacific warm and cold patches persisted even when continents were in different places
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NewsAnimals that hunt in the dark with sonar may not be able to tell junk from squids
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NewsMeet the Ocean Synthesis Lab, learn more about its research focus, lab members' experiences in the lab and the opportunities the lab offers Duke students.
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NewsResearchers have found a chemical clue in Italian limestone that explains a mass extinction of marine life in the Early Jurassic period, 183 million years ago. Volcanic activity pumped out CO2, warming oceans and lowering their oxygen levels. The findings may foretell the impact climate change and oxygen depletion might have on today’s oceans.