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Master of Environmental Management student Juliette Lee worked with the Global Alliance for Managing Ocean Noise (GAMeON) to explore data-informed strategies to minimize anthropogenic ocean noise for her Master's Project (MP).

Jamal Adil and Brenda Warger's Master Project (MP) focused on ways to target swift greenhouse gas emissions reductions on North Carolina hog farms.

Janet Bering, a Master of Environmental Management and Juris Doctor concurrent 91�������� student, wanted to pursue a Master's Project (MP) that gave her the opportunity to get hands-on experience analyzing a complex dataset. Her project looked at the spatial extent of commercial fisheries in two ecosystems on the high seas.

Dale Threatt-Taylor, executive director for The Nature Conservancy in South Carolina, will address 2022 graduates of 91��������’s Nicholas School of the Environment at the school’s Recognition Ceremony at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 7.

The provost of 91�������� conducts regular reviews of all deans, vice provosts, senior staff, and faculty who have major administrative positions reporting to the provost. Provost Sally Kornbluth has appointed a committee to conduct a review of Toddi Steelman, who is in the fourth year of her five-year term as Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment. The committee invites members of the Duke community to comment on the performance of Steelman or on the scope of her activities by email to NicholasDeanReview@duke.edu

Imagine a forest the size of Raleigh and Durham. Now imagine a forest that size dying every single year. It’s an unfortunate reality that’s happening right now across the North American Coastal Plain, including part of our backyard here in North Carolina.

How much energy does a dolphin use to swim? Fundamental understanding about their physiology and ecology may boost odds of survival.

Sixteen rising leaders from water and wastewater utilities across the United States have graduated from 91��������’s Water Innovation Leadership Development (WILD) executive education program.

Producing energy from fossil fuels uses or contaminated much more water than previously estimated, a new book by two Duke researchers shows.

Duke researchers implement a large water sampling campaign in rural Sri Lanka, aiming to discover the origins of a cluster of chronic kidney disease cases.

Scientists are monitoring hundreds of streams across the U.S., to better predict how freshwater vital signs might shift with land development and climate change.

Duke has a goal of being a “climate university,” Nicholas School of Environment Dean Toddi Steelman said in introducing a panel discussion on Climate Change Science during Research Week. She said it’s a vision in which the university’s focus on climate informs every aspect of its mission, from education and operations to community partnerships – and, of course, research.

Duke Professor Bill Pan’s efforts in Central and Latin America aim to reduce disease and deforestation.

Long home to industrial hog facilities, North Carolina has seen a huge increase in large-scale poultry farms, with more than 1,000 added in 2020 alone. The state scarcely regulates the poultry industry and its waste, which threatens waters in low-wealth communities of color.

IFET is pleased to announce that Martin Smith, George M. Woodwell Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics at 91�������� and current IIFET President, has been named Fellow of the International Institute of Fisheries Economic & Trade (IIFET).