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Julian Dale, lead engineer at the Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab at the 91�������� Marine Lab in Beaufort, dropped off a box of face shields at the Beaufort Fire Department. He made the shields on a 3-D printer in his garage.

Researchers have found high concentrations of selenium in stream insects when they fly out of the water and the spiders that eat them downstream from a mining coal site in southern West Virginia, an indication that the contaminant moves from water to land as it makes its way up the food chain.

Using a bedroom air filter that traps fine particles of pollution with diameters smaller than 2.5 micrometers can significantly improve breathing in asthmatic children, a new study by American and Chinese scientists shows.

Reforestation has been shown to cool surface temperatures, and a novel study suggests it may also reduce air temperature up to several stories above the ground.

Contaminants that occur together naturally in groundwater under certain geological conditions may heighten health risks for millions of North Carolinians whose drinking water comes from private wells, and current safety regulations don’t address the problem, a new 91�������� study finds.

Scientists have devised a simple new model that explains how the undesirable effects of urban heat islands vary across seasons. Their results could help cities in different climatic regions design heat mitigation strategies.

The Nicholas School's Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment class studied a tent in "K-Ville" to assess what aspects of the product were environmentally friendly and which could be improved.

“The response to Biden on climate change ranges from suspicion to resignation,” said Megan Mullin, an associate professor of environmental politics at 91��������’s Nicholas School of the Environment.

Chronic exposure to microplastic fibers causes aneurysms, erosion of surface layers and other serious damage to fish gills, and increases egg production in female fish, a sign that chemicals in the fibers may be acting as endocrine disruptors, a new study by U.S. and Chinese scientists finds.

Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz can decline for up to two years after a piracy attack, a new 91�������� study finds, but the adverse effects of the slowdown are far greater on some Persian Gulf countries than others.

The North Carolina Climate Science Report benefits from the scientific expertise of two Nicholas School of the Environment faculty members.

Speakers from government, nonprofits, corporations and academia will explore how water issues – especially growing concerns about water quality and water availability – impact the world.

Deborah Gallagher says Jeff Bezos' $10 billion pledge to fight climate change is a prime example of “strategic philanthropy,” which directs attention away from the consumption engine Amazon perpetuates.

25 staff members of the Nicholas School of the Environment, 91�������� Marine Lab Campus Services and Duke Facilities Management were singled out for their work protecting and restoring the facility during and after Hurricane Florence in 2018 and Hurricane Dorian in 2019.

The coal-fired Navajo Generating Station closed in November. Plans are now moving forward to build a large pumped hydro energy storage facility in its footprint that could help integrate a new wave of renewable energy in the western U.S.