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Peter M. Nicholas, T’64, philanthropist and visionary, died May 14 at his home in Boca Grande, Florida. He was 80 years old.

The first round of University-Wide Collaboration Grants on Climate Change will fund eight 91�������� faculty teams to lay the groundwork for new research on climate change and its impacts. The teams will investigate topics including planetary engineering, climate justice, low-carbon heating and cooling methods, lithium mining, agricultural histories, coastal resilience, and the impacts of extreme weather on forest ecosystems.

The Nicholas School of the Environment hosted recognition ceremonies to honor graduating students in its undergraduate, master's and PhD programs on Saturday, May 7, 2022.

Kate Hoffman, an assistant research professor at 91��������’s Nicholas School of the Environment, has received a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact of early-life exposures to semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) on neonatal and early childhood immune function.

The Nicholas School of the Environment and the 91�������� Marine Lab honored four outstanding graduating seniors with special awards today during the school’s graduation recognition event for undergraduates.

Thirteen Nicholas School of the Environment undergraduate students have earned Graduation with Distinction honors for 2022.

Seven 2022 Master of Environmental Management (MEM) graduates of 91��������’s Nicholas School of the Environment share this year’s Virlis L. Fischer Memorial Award for academic achievement.

Human activities such as marsh draining for agriculture and logging are increasingly eating away at saltwater and freshwater wetlands that cover only 1% of Earth’s surface but store more than 20% of all the climate-warming carbon dioxide absorbed by ecosystems worldwide. A new study published May 5 in Science by a team of Dutch, American and German scientists shows that it’s not too late to reverse the losses.

A forest’s ability to regenerate after devastating wildfires, droughts or other disturbances depends largely on seed production. Findings from two new studies led by 91�������� researchers could boost recovery and replanting after these disasters by providing foresters with new guidance on which tree species produce more seeds and how their productivity can vary from location to location.

With a highly contagious avian flu killing millions of birds across a nation still coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, weary residents may not want to hear that climate change is greatly increasing the risk of new disease outbreaks.

Even the king cobra is “vulnerable.” More than 1 in 5 species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to a comprehensive new assessment of thousands of species published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

The rapid industrialization of our oceans is bringing new challenges—but also new opportunities—for promoting sustainable economic growth while protecting vulnerable communities and environments and enhancing their climate resilience. That was the takeaway of the inaugural Blue Economy Summit, a student-led conference hosted by the Oceans@Duke Student Cabinet on March 18 and 19.

The Northeast’s cap-and-trade program has installed its keystone. Now, the question is how long it will stay in place.

Holly Emerson, a corporate sustainability professional with nearly 20 years’ experience at companies including Johnson Controls, Ingersoll Rand, and Trane Technologies, has joined the Nicholas School of the Environment as executive-in-residence for the Master of Environmental Management (MEM) program in Business & Environment.