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Our degrees offer a dual focus on practicality and specificity, which will empower you with the skills necessary to effect change, spur innovation and inspire others. 

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Research and Impact

Duke Environment prides itself on its world-renowned faculty, whose expertise spans 45 environmental sectors, ranging from air quality to climate change and population growth. Explore our research>

Orrin Pilkey Research Laboratory
December 18, 2024

From Glaciers to Barnacles: Highlights From the Annual Fall Symposium

Italian limestone from Mercato San Severino
June 26, 2024 | Climate Change, Oceans

Ocean’s Loss of Oxygen Caused Massive Jurassic Extinction. Could it Happen Again?

Community forestry project in Madhesh Province, Nepal
July 24, 2024 | Climate Change, Forests

Mixed Approach to Reforestation Better Than Planting or Regeneration Alone

US Troops in the Persian Gulf War (1991) – U.S. Department of Defense
November 1, 2023 | Environmental Health, Toxicology

Gulf War Illness Significantly Reduces White Blood Cells’ Ability to Make Energy

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Workers at small-scale fishery
January 15, 2025 | Economics, Policy & Governance, Food Systems

Small-Scale Fisheries Essential to Global Nutrition, Livelihoods

A historic lithium mine in North Carolina
November 21, 2024 | Environmental Health, Geosciences

What Are the Effects of Historic Lithium Mining on Water Quality?

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December 12, 2024

Nicholas School Initiatives Bolster Duke Climate Commitment Report

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December 12, 2024

The Duke Experience at COP29

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October 25, 2024

Individuals and Groups Collect 19 Climate and Sustainability Awards

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October 23, 2024 | Environmental Health, Toxicology

A Rising Tide of Kidney Disease in Rural Communities

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December 17, 2024

Orrin Pilkey, Coastal Geologist and Long-Time Duke Professor, Dies

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October 30, 2024

Nicholas Narratives: Retracing Our History

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