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NewsResearch by Duke and NC State scientists finds most filters are only partially effective at removing PFAS. A few, if not properly maintained, can even make the situation worse.
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NewsThe ongoing transition from coal to natural gas and renewables in the U.S. electricity sector is dramatically reducing the industry’s water use, new research shows.
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NewsThe ratio of carbon isotopes in three common species of tuna has changed substantially since 2000 and this change suggests major shifts are taking place in phytoplankton populations that form the base of the ocean’s food web, a new study co-led by the Nicholas School’s Nicolas Cassar finds.
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NewsRural voters care just as much about the environment as urban voters do, but a distrust of government regulation stokes their opposition to many federal climate and conservation laws, a report published this year by Duke’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions finds.
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NewsThe discovery of dozens of pregnant giant devil rays entangled in fishing nets along Mexico’s Gulf of California could mean the endangered species has a previously unknown birthing zone in nearby waters.
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NewsTropical fish are taking up residence in shipwrecks and other sunken structures off the North Carolina coast.
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NewsPeople who experience the impacts of hurricanes, flooding or other severe weather events are often more likely to believe in, and be concerned about, climate change in the wake of the disaster.
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NewsJunfeng “Jim” Zhang, professor of global and environmental health, received a $2 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to lead a four-year study on the effects of early life and prenatal exposure to air pollution on birth-weight and growth.
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NewsStuart Pimm, Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology, has received the 2019 International Cosmos Prize.
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NewsJohn Poulsen, assistant professor of tropical ecology, received an $848,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the effects of declining elephant populations on Africa’s forests.