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Krithi Karanth PhD'08 recently visited her alma mater to catch us up on her work.

The five-year grant renewal will support five new or newly refocused research projects investigating the long-term health impacts of early-life exposures to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and toxic metals such as lead, which are two of the most common classes of hazardous contaminants found today in areas with a legacy of industrial pollution.

Knowing voters have seen news reports about problems caused by failing or outdated public infrastructures in their district makes local officials who face competitive re-elections more inclined to support new spending to repair or replace the aging structures, a survey of city and county officials in 49 states shows. Findings from the survey by 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû and the Environmental Policy Innovation Center underscore the continued importance of local media even as newsrooms shrink nationwide.

Duke experts discuss how the legislation spurred environmental progress in America

A half-mile wide maelstrom is swirling in the Baltic Sea as an estimated 300,000 metric tons of gas violently erupts from the sabotaged Nord Stream pipelines. Most of this gas is likely methane, a gas normally invisible to the eye that is over 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat over 20 years.

Toxins in lake bottom may become available to food web

The commitment spans the university’s education, research, operations and public service missions

Toddi Steelman, who has served as Stanback Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment since 2018, has been reappointed to a second five-year term through June 30, 2028, Provost Sally Kornbluth announced today.

A Duke environmental educator offers best practices for those challenging discussions

Cisco Tomasino, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent his summer as a sustainability intern at Trimble.

In Sri Lanka, a rash of kidney disease is affecting farmers who grow rice in marshy parts of the island. Nishad Jayasundara is working with an interdisciplinary team of environmental and health researchers to unravel how climate change and water contamination may be driving the rise in kidney problems.

Get connected with what’s happening in the Duke climate community during special events held Sept. 29-30, 2022.

Fossil-fueled electrical grid’s enormous water use is often overlooked.

Emily Bernhardt, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor and chair of Biology, was elected as an American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow. Bernhardt, who is also a professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment, is an ecologist and a biogeochemist. Her research looks at the impact of land use and climate change on the structure and function of watershed and freshwater ecosystems.

A Duke event celebrates the movement's North Carolina birth and its legacy