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Research published Monday finds that the total number of open-water species declined by about half in the 40 years up to 2010 in tropical marine zones worldwide. During that time, sea surface temperatures in the tropics rose nearly 0.2 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû Celsius.

When it comes to storing carbon during prolonged periods of drought and heat, wooded peatlands at low-latitudes have a three- to five-fold advantage over other peatlands. An ancient class of slow-growing fungi is the reason why.

In a nine-month investigation by the Guardian and Consumer Reports we found forever chemicals, arsenic and lead in samples taken across the US.

Sandra Postel MEM'80, founding director of the Global Water Policy Project, has been named the 2021 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. The Stockholm Prize is among the highest honors awarded in the fields of water science and policy.

Ocean mammals are at a crossroads, with some species at risk of extinction and others showing signs of recovery, a new study by an international team of researchers shows.

A new $411,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is funding a four-year study by 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû researchers to better understand the cumulative effects of human and natural stresses on critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, satellites and field observations, Duke researchers have produced new estimates of how much photosynthesis and primary production – key components in the global carbon cycle – are occurring in Earth’s oceans, and how these processes may be changing in response to a changing climate.

Avner Vengosh interviewed on the Dominican Republic's El Informe about a new study that found high levels of toxic heavy metals in coal ash from the country's largest coal-fired power plant.

Near America’s largest coal-fired power plant, toxins are showing up in drinking water and people have fallen ill. Thousands of pages of internal documents show how one giant energy company plans to avoid the cleanup costs.

Ecohydrologist Ryan E. Emanuel, known for his innovative scholarship on water, environmental justice and Indigenous rights, is joining the faculty at 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû’s Nicholas School of the Environment.

91ÉçÇø¸£Àû researchers have found high levels of toxic heavy metals in coal ash from the Dominican Republic’s largest coal-fired power plant.

In Virginia’s Elizabeth River, the unremarkable-looking mummichog has survived decades of industrial pollution—but the price it has paid has worrying implications for human health.

Duke experts Dr. Gregory Gray, Stuart Pimm and Linfa Wang brief the media on COVID-19 origins, ways to prepare for the next outbreak.

Two Nicholas School faculty members have been recognized by the university – and by their students – as being among 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû’s best teachers.

Academic journals’ current name-change policies unintentionally discriminate against transgender researchers and may increase the risks of discrimination, harassment and violence against them, a new peer-reviewed paper finds.