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91ÉçÇø¸£Àû researchers have created a new online resource designed to help local governments, conservation groups, businesses and other stakeholders identify the best technologies to clean up plastic pollution in our oceans or prevent it from getting there in the first place.

Control of the Senate is seen as a linchpin to enacting meaningful climate legislation.

As wildfires continue to rage on the west coast and the Gulf Coast rebuilds from a record hurricane season, the impact of climate change is already being felt. But is it getting the attention it deserves? Drew Shindell, a professor at 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the link between science and policy, and why climate scientists are struggling to convey their message.

Duke scholars—including Megan Mullin, associate professor of environmental politics—unpack an unprecedented election season during media briefing.

Conceptually it makes a lot of sense to farmers and oil producers alike: Use the latest filtration technology to turn one of Kern's most troublesome waste streams — oilfield produced water — into a safe irrigation source.

Compounds known as forever chemicals are likely contaminating the source of drinking water for more than a million North Carolina residents by running from the Haw River into the Cape Fear River, 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû researchers said during a virtual forum Saturday.

A new Nicholas School project, developed with support from the Dean’s Office and the Duke-wide Re-imagining Doctoral Education (RiDE) initiative, empowers and protects students by establishing standards for productive and respectful relationships between students and their faculty advisors, mentors and co-workers.

Avner Vengosh, a professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences at 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû, who was not involved in the study, said that while the actual levels of radiation detected were small, they warrant more investigation.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû entered into partnership with the intention to assess and promote the role of small-scale fisheries in society and enhance their contribution to sustainable development.

Cooperation is the key to holding off climate change.

One-fifth of the world’s countries are at risk of their ecosystems collapsing because of the destruction of wildlife and their habitats, according to an analysis by the insurance firm Swiss Re.

Brian McAdoo, an expert on disaster risks who is highly regarded for his innovative and integrated approach to research and teaching, will join the faculty at 91ÉçÇø¸£Àû’s Nicholas School of the Environment in 2021.

In some places, efficient irrigation ain't enough to make the endeavor last.

The events of the next several millennia hinge on actions that will be taken by the time today’s toddlers reach adulthood.

Steward Pickett, widely recognized as one of the pioneers of urban ecology, will present the 2020 Henry J. Oosting Memorial Lecture in Ecology at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22.