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NewsDean Urban, professor of environmental sciences and policy at the Nicholas School of the Environment, will present the 50th annual Henry J. Oosting Memorial Lecture in Ecology on March 30, 2023.
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NewsThree undergraduate students with a passion for climate change research describe their unique opportunities to study at the Duke University Marine Lab.
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NewsThe Illuminating Hidden Harvests Report culminates a collaborative research effort led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Duke University and WorldFish examining the multifaceted contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development.
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NewsDuke scholars and students were among more than 800 experts who contributed to global study calling for policymakers to consider contributions of small fisheries
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NewsClimate change and rapid economic development have placed increased pressures on many coastal communities in recent years. Now, a new international study shows there is also a third force—the unintended consequences of conservation measures enacted with little or no consideration of local rights and needs—that can compound the harm. The study’s authors call the combined effects of these three forces a “triple exposure.”
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NewsThree Duke University undergraduates have been selected to participate in the university’s Repass-Rodgers Scholars Program.
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NewsDuke University’s Scholars in Marine Medicine program, which offers an interdisciplinary research experience for pre-health majors interested in marine biology or environmental science, has announced six new members.
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NewsFifteen Duke University undergraduate students have been selected for the Rachel Carson Scholars Program, which aims to train the next generation of marine conservation leaders.
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NewsAndrew Read, director of the Duke Marine Lab, was confirmed by voice vote in the Senate on Thursday to be commissioner of the Marine Mammal Commission (MMC).
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NewsSand mining happens on every inhabited continent and at nearly every conceivable scale. Some of it is legal; much of it is not. A new book from Duke University Press, “Vanishing Sands: Losing Beaches to Mining,” casts light on the shadowy world of sand mining through case studies that illuminate its disastrous impacts and a concluding chapter that proposes common-sense solutions.
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NewsToddi Steelman, who has served as Stanback Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment since 2018, has been reappointed to a second five-year term through June 30, 2028, Provost Sally Kornbluth announced today.
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NewsGet connected with what’s happening in the Duke climate community during special events held Sept. 29-30, 2022.
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NewsClimate change threatens species worldwide. At the Nicholas School, we’re creating new geospatial tools that boost their odds of survival.
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NewsAnjali Balakrishna, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent the summer at Microsoft as a program manager intern working on projects related to renewable energy and environmental justice.
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NewsA Duke University-led research team has used acoustic tags to eavesdrop on pilot whales as they forage in waters off Cape Hatteras, N.C. Vocalizations and echoes recorded by the tags reveals the whales alter their hunting behaviors based on the local environment, a trait that may contribute to the species’ success in adapting to shifting prey distributions and other changes now occurring in the world’s oceans.