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NewsSteelman’s talk, “Managing Wildfire, Governing Ourselves,” will explore how communities and agencies can interact to more effectively manage the large, interjurisdictionally complex wildfires that are now occurring more frequently because of climate change.
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NewsJuliet Wong will join the faculty at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment as assistant professor of coastal and marine climate change, effective July 1. Wong’s research focuses on how impacts from climate change, such as ocean acidification and warming, affect marine invertebrates.
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NewsLevasseur, a fifth-year Environmental Health doctoral student in Heather Stapleton’s lab, and Elliott, a fourth-year Marine Science & Conservation doctoral student in Andrew Read’s lab, each will receive a $1,000 cash award and a framed certificate.
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NewsCatherine Coleman Flowers, Founder of The Center for Rural Enterprise, Vice Chair of The White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council and Practioner-in-Residence with the Nicholas School of the Environment, invites students from across Duke University to engage with Environmental and Climate Justice issues.
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NewsKelley Robbins-Thompson, senior program coordinator for the Duke Environmental Leadership Master of Environmental Management (DEL-MEM) program, is the recipient of the inaugural Karen Kirchof Staff Award for Mentoring Students.
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NewsDalia Patiño-Echeverri, Gendell Family Associate Professor in the Environmental Science and Policy Division, is the inaugural recipient of the Nicholas School of the Environment’s Norm Christensen Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students.
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NewsJeffrey Vincent, Clarence F. Korstian Professor of Forest Economics and Management, is the recipient of the 2023 Lynn Maguire Award for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Professional Students.
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NewsChina’s annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions exceeded 10 gigatons in 2018 for the first time in history and are expected to continue to grow. The nation’s leaders have pledged to peak CO2 emissions by 2030 and to reach carbon neutrality by 2060.
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NewsThe Duke Plastic Pollution Working Group is working to find solutions, through innovative technologies, practices and policies that can help curb plastic waste, reduce its harmful impacts, and make Earth a greener, healthier home for us all.
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NewsRobert Hill, a doctoral student in Earth and Climate Sciences at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
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NewsRichard Barber, whose pioneering studies on ocean biogeochemistry contributed much to what we know about the ocean’s role in storing climate-warming greenhouse gases, has died.
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NewsStudents, staff and faculty members use their passion and expertise to make their communities greener
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NewsBrian R. Silliman, Rachel Carson Distinguished Professor of Marine Conservation Biology at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, has been elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA).
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NewsJeb Stenhouse, chief of program development for clean air markets at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will be the keynote speaker at the Nicholas School of the Environment’s Recognition Ceremony for professional students.
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