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More than 100 scientists have issued a letter urging U.S. President Biden and Congress to remove provisions promoting logging, forest biomass and fossil fuels from the multitrillion-dollar infrastructure and reconciliation (Build Back Better) bills.

PhD student Chainey Boroski designed a new Mentoring Guidelines Development Guide as one of Duke’s Re-Imagining Doctoral Education (RiDE) Fellows this summer.

A new analysis provides state-by-state projections of the health and economic benefits the U.S. will see by 2030 if we begin reducing fossil-fuel emissions now.

Using drones and high-tech tracking devices, scientists have discovered baleen whales eat up to three times more prey than previously thought and play a critical but perhaps underappreciated role in fueling the ocean’s food web and promoting biodiversity.

Amid the torrent of doom-and-gloom headlines about the Earth's future health prognosis, North Carolina's top politicians gathered at the state's Executive Mansion last month to celebrate the state pumping the brakes on the Tar Heel State's contributions to a warming planet.

A study of fish routinely caught in the Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers as a source of food for people in low-income communities has prompted the state to update its fish consumption advisories.

An updated analysis with new health statistics shows the benefits are immediate.

U.S. study finds benefits of emission reductions outweigh costs ‘even in the near-term’

Hydrocarbon is significantly more potent a greenhouse gas than CO2.

Funded by five endowments and the Nicholas School’s Annual Fund, the Nicholas Scholars program awards scholarships covering up to two-thirds of tuition to as many as 15 of the most highly qualified Master of Environmental Management (MEM) or Master of Forestry (MF) applicants each year.

New funding will help speed the development of an early-warning system that can predict the probability of malaria outbreaks occurring up to 12 weeks in advance, giving local officials time to put controls in place to prevent or curb the disease’s transmission.

Electric cars currently make up a fraction of sales, and questions remain as to whether we have the infrastructure to support a huge influx of electric vehicles. Will there be enough charging stations? Will the energy grid support a massive shift from gasoline-powered vehicles over to electric?

‘We’re just so far off track,’ says co-author Drew Shindell, noting that vague long-term promises and insufficient short-term plans overshadow signs of progress.

Duke experts discuss what's at stake in the upcoming COP26 conference, where world leaders are expected to discuss carbon dioxide emissions and methane emissions from oil and gas production, waste and agriculture.

Failure to pass legislation to cut emissions before the UN summit in Glasgow could be catastrophic for efforts to curb global heating.