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NewsDuke University’s Repass-Rodgers Scholars Program has named juniors Scott Burstein and Simran Sokhi as its newest scholars. -
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. -
NewsThe National Academy of Sciences selected doctoral student Anjali Boyd to serve as an early career liaison to the U.S. National Committee for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. -
NewsTwelve Duke University undergraduate students have been selected for the Rachel Carson Scholars Program, which aims to train the next generation of marine conservation leaders. -
NewsThe new president moved immediately to review more than 100 Trump administration actions and restore the protection of federal lands and the regulation of greenhouse gases.
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NewsIn a recent paper published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters, researchers from Duke University found a connection between bacteria and fungi in the digestive tracts of children and the amount of volatile household chemicals found in their homes.
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NewsPolicies that more strongly recognize the value of sustainable seafood as a source of nutrition, not just a source of livelihoods, could strengthen global food security and help take a big bite out of world hunger, a new analysis by an international team of experts shows. -
NewsIn "Streams of Revenue: The Restoration Economy and the Ecosystems It Creates,” Martin Doyle chronicles and analyzes the history, implementation and environmental outcomes of stream mitigation banking, one of many widely used market-based approaches to conservation. -
NewsErika Weinthal served as a guest editor of the environmental peacebuilding issue of International Affairs and co-authored two of articles in the peer-reviewed journal. -
NewsA marine scientist said the incident was “one of the most horrifying things I have ever seen done to a wild animal."
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NewsAmerica’s rivers are changing color — and people are behind many of the shifts, a new study said.
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NewsA new paper outlines some of the greatest coastal restoration successes in recent decades and identifies lessons we can learn from them to protect and restore similar environments worldwide. -
NewsAs the year draws to a close, take a look back at the Nicholas School's most popular stories of 2020. -
NewsSubhrendu Pattanayak discusses land degradation caused by industrial agriculture and outlines healthier conservation farming.
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NewsWherever you are in the U.S., there’s a good chance you can find harmful PFAS compounds in water near you.