A modeling study predicts habitat changes along the Atlantic coast will release even more carbon into the atmosphere.

Most North Atlantic right whales that are severely injured in fishing gear entanglements die within three years, a study by the New England Aquarium and Duke University finds. Severely injured whales were up to eight times more likely to die than those with minor injuries, and only 44% of males and 33% of females with severe injuries survived longer than 36 months. Females that did survive had low birth rates and longer intervals between calving.

The global supply chain impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have exposed vulnerabilities in U.S. energy security and undercut the myth that the United States — or any major manufacturing economy — is truly energy independent, an analysis by researchers at the energy nonprofit RMI and Duke University finds

Duke's new university course “Let’s Talk About Climate Change” will showcase the different approaches to the topic taken by university faculty. What these 12 climate change faculty fellows have in common is the belief that it’s not too late to take action.

While the war in Ukraine disrupts lives immediately and violently, damage is also happening to the soil, air and water that make up the places Ukrainians call home.

President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Duke University Marine Laboratory Director Andrew J. Read to serve on the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission.

Firefighters have a 9 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer and a 14 percent higher risk of dying from the disease than the general adult U.S. population, according to studies by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and other agencies.

Xavier Basurto, associate professor of sustainability science at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, has been named a Bass Chair in recognition of excellence in undergraduate teaching and research.

Slashing emissions of carbon dioxide by itself isn’t enough to prevent catastrophic global warming, a new study shows. But if we simultaneously also reduce emissions of methane and other often overlooked climate pollutants, we could cut the rate of global warming in half by 2050 and give the world a fighting chance.

Andy Read, director of the Duke Marine Lab, documents the effects of human activities on marine animals

Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment is making changes to its Master of Environmental Management (MEM) degree program starting in Fall 2023.

Peter M. Nicholas, T’64, philanthropist and visionary, died May 14 at his home in Boca Grande, Florida. He was 80 years old.

The first round of University-Wide Collaboration Grants on Climate Change will fund eight Duke University faculty teams to lay the groundwork for new research on climate change and its impacts. The teams will investigate topics including planetary engineering, climate justice, low-carbon heating and cooling methods, lithium mining, agricultural histories, coastal resilience, and the impacts of extreme weather on forest ecosystems.

The Nicholas School of the Environment hosted recognition ceremonies to honor graduating students in its undergraduate, master's and PhD programs on Saturday, May 7, 2022.

Kate Hoffman, an assistant research professor at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, has received a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact of early-life exposures to semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) on neonatal and early childhood immune function.