Nicholas School Front Page News http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/ Front Page News from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University en-us November 19, 2009 - Monitoring Needed for Earth’s Critical Zone Below Ground http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-earth.11.19.09.html learn more November 15, 2009 - Report Reviews Options for Integrating Biofuels More Efficiently into Climate Policy http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-biofuel.11.15.09.html learn more November 6, 2009 - Duke Trustees Approve Creation of Ph.D. Program in Environmental Policy http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-environment.11.06.09.html learn more November 2, 2009 - Researchers to Study Effects of “Dead Zone” on Gulf Shrimp Fishery http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-deadzone.11.02.09.html learn more November 2, 2009 - CO2 Emissions from Forest Loss http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/deforestation.11.02.09.pdf learn more October 28, 2009 - Wilderness Historian Roderick Nash to Speak at Duke on Nov. 10 http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-nash.10.28.09.html learn more October 22, 2009 - Nicholas School Student Organizes Turtle Relocation in Duke Gardens http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-turtles.10.22.09.html learn more October 22, 2009 - Fixing a Critical Climate Accounting Error http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-forest.10.22.09.html learn more October 21, 2009 - Forestry Students Hold Christmas Tree Sale to Raise Money for Organic Tree Farm http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-christmas.10.21.09.html learn more October 20, 2009 - Eye on the Amazon http://news.duke.edu/2009/10/li.html learn more October 20, 2009 - Duke Student’s Organization Launches Online ‘Green’ College Directory http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-green.10.20.09.html learn more October 19, 2009 - Winds Strengthened by Global Warming May Disperse Seeds, Pollen Farther http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-katul.10.19.09.html learn more October 19, 2009 - Children’s Blood Lead Levels Linked to Lower Scores on End-of-Grade Tests http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-miranda.10.19.09.html learn more October 18, 2009 - Amory Lovins to Speak at Duke, Nov. 4 http://nicholas.duke.edu/deanseries/ learn more October 1, 2009 - Duke University Marine Lab Director Receives Inaugural Mines Medal http://nicholas.duke.edu/marinelab/about/news/vandover.award.10.01.09 learn more October 1, 2009 - Making the Case for More Science in U.N. Efforts to Combat Global Desertification http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-reynolds.09.30.09.html learn more September 30, 2009 - Peer Pressure Trumps Financial Assistance in Latrine Building http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/09/shaming.html learn more September 29, 2009 - Reckhow Named Chair of National Academies Panel on Water Quality in Chesapeake Bay http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-reckhow.09.29.09.html learn more September 28, 2009 - Free Public Screening of “Recipes for Disaster” Set for Oct. 7 http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-seminar.09.28.09.html learn more September 22, 2009 - Manipulation, Distortion and the Role of Belief-Based Decision Making in U.S. Energy Policy http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-yang.09.22.09.html learn more September 15, 2009 - Results from Study of Community Views on Down East Development to be Presented http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-campbell.09.15.09.html learn more September 11, 2009 - Nicholas School Volunteer Day Set for Sept. 19 http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-volunteer.09.11.09.html learn more September 11, 2009 - Nicholas School of the Environment Adds Six New Faculty Members http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-leaders.09.11.09.html learn more September 8, 2009 - Larger Seasonal Speed Zones Could Save Whales http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-schick.09.08.09.html learn more August 31, 2009 - Bill Chameides Talks Climate and Environment in Online “Office Hours” http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-chameides.08.31.09.html learn more August 31, 2009 - New Paper Explores Policy Options for Expanding U.S. Power Grid http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-transmission.08.31.09.html learn more August 27, 2009 - Students’ Initiative with N.C. Fishermen Spawns Region’s First Community-Supported Fishery http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-fishing.08.27.09.html learn more August 26, 2009 - Will Rising Seas Scuttle Beach Development? http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-pilkey.08.26.09.html learn more August 17, 2009 - Toxics in coal ash from TVA Ash Spill May Pose Risks to the Environment http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-tva.08.17.09.html learn more August 7, 2009 - Assessing the Pros and Cons of Geoengineering to Fight Climate Change http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-jackson.08.07.09.html learn more August 3, 2009 - Higher Carbon Dioxide May Give Pine Trees a Competitive Edge http://news.duke.edu/2009/08/carbonseed.html learn more June 17, 2009 - Nicholas Graduate Blogs from AAAS Fellowship http://sciencedude.freedomblogging.com/2009/06/15/health-risks-from-freeways-worse-than-thought/36707/ learn more June 12, 2009 - Nicholas Students Blog from Summer Internships http://nicholas.duke.edu/insider/studentblogs/ learn more May 27, 2009 - World Governments Not on Track to Meet 2010 Biodiversity Target http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-ecosystems.05.27.09.html learn more May 18, 2009 - New study in Nature, co-authored by Susan Lozier, finds that currents' mysterious path will complicate climate change modeling. http://news.duke.edu/2009/05/conveyor.html learn more May 18, 2009 - Duke Environmental Policy Expert to Take Part in U.N. Panel on May 15 http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-water.05.18.09.html learn more May 6, 2009 - Duke University Economist Richard Newell Nominated for Obama Administration Post http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-newell.05.06.09.html learn more May 6, 2009 - Duke University Wetland Center’s SWAMP Research Site Receives Gold Star Award http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-swamp.05.06.09.html learn more April 23, 2009 - Sea Turtles, Minkes and Humbpacks, Oh My! http://nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica learn more April 21, 2009 - MEM-MF Grad Robert Bonnie Appointed USDA’s Senior Advisor for Environment and Climate http://nicholas.duke.edu learn more April 18, 2009 - Robert Redford Receives Duke LEAF Award http://nicholas.duke.edu/leaf/ learn more April 17, 2009 - Student Creates Web Site to Answer Consumers’ Environmental Questions http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-earth.04.17.09.html learn more April 15, 2009 - dukenvironment online http://nicholas.duke.edu/dukenvironment/ learn more April 14, 2009 - Mangroves Save Lives in Storms, Study of 1999 Super Cyclone Finds http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-mangroves.04.14.09.html learn more April 14, 2009 - New Marine Lab Web Site Launches http://nicholas.duke.edu/marinelab learn more April 14, 2009 - Conservation Biologist Thomas Lovejoy to Speak at Duke April 17 http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-oosting.04.14.09.html learn more April 9, 2009 - Public Trust Doctrine Could Aid Management of U.S. Oceans http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-doctrine.04.09.09.html learn more April 3, 2009 - Reserves Found to be “Effective Tool” for Reducing Fires in Brazilian Rainforests http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-fire.04.03.09.html learn more April 3, 2009 - Bringing Ocean Models to the Masses http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-sakagami.04.03.09.html learn more March 27, 2009 - Untangling the “Molecules to Policy” Pathway http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/sagarin.3.31.09.pdf learn more March 12, 2009 - Time is Right to Rekindle Wood Energy in America http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-wood.energy.03.12.09.html learn more March 10, 2009 - Environmental Entrepreneur Randy Repass to Speak at 2009 Graduation Recognition Ceremony http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-graduation.03.10.09.html learn more March 9, 2009 - Nicholas School Classes Travel the Globe on Spring Break Trips http://nicholas.duke.edu/chile/ learn more March 6, 2009 - Study Reviews Policy Options, Obstacles for Reducing Bycatch in U.S. Fisheries http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-bycatch.03.06.09.html learn more March 2, 2009 - Study Critiques Corn-for-Ethanol's Carbon Footprint http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-jackson.03.02.09.html learn more February 27, 2009 - Seven Nicholas School Students Named 2009-10 Doris Duke Conservation Fellows http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-doris.02.27.09.html learn more February 26, 2009 - Robert Redford to Receive Duke LEAF Award http://nicholas.duke.edu/leaf/ learn more February 24, 2009 - Radioactivity in Middle East Water Source is Up to 2000% Higher than Safe Standards http://news.duke.edu/2009/02/jordanwater.html learn more February 19, 2009 - New Surveys Confirm Presence of Protected Whales and Dolphins in American Samoa http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-johnston.02.19.09.html learn more February 18, 2009 - Research Shows Climate Change a “Really Inconvenient Truth” for Marine Protected Areas http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-halpin.02.18.09.html learn more February 6, 2009 - Protected Areas Don’t Promote Disproportionate Population Growth Nearby, Study Finds http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-pimm.02.06.09.html learn more February 2, 2009 - Halpin's Expertise Helps Google Earth Incorporate Oceans http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-halpin.02.02.09.html learn more January 29, 2009 - Pat Halpin and Ari Friedlaender Featured on National Geographic TV’s "Wild Chronicles" http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-chronicles.01.29.09.html learn more January 28, 2009 - Analysis Shows Exposure to Ash from TVA Spill Could Have "Severe Health Implications" http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-vengosh.01.28.09.html learn more January 26, 2009 - Policy Brief Highlights Options for Energy Storage of Low-carbon Electricity http://nicholas.duke.edu/ccpp/news_pr/news-energy.01.26.09.html learn more January 26, 2009 - Connor Coleman Named Co-President of SAFE http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-coleman.01.26.09.html learn more January 26, 2009 - SIDG 2009 Conference http://nicholas.duke.edu/people/students/orgs-sidg.html learn more January 21, 2009 - Marine Lab weather advisory http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-weather.01.21.2009.html learn more January 21, 2009 - Students Take the Lead in Creating New Course on Communicating Science http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-writing.01.21.09.html learn more January 20, 2009 - Portal to Papahānaumokuākea 2009 http://nicholas.duke.edu/hawaii/ learn more January 16, 2009 - Four from Nicholas School and Nicholas Institute to Participate in 2009 AAAS Meeting http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-aaas.01.16.09.html learn more January 13, 2009 - Duke and UNC to Host Free Seminar Series on Sustainable Food http://nicholas.duke.edu/people/students/orgs-farmhand-seminar.html learn more January 9, 2009 - Memorial Ceremony for Ryan Exline to be Held Jan. 16 http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-memorial.01.09.09.html learn more December 12, 2008 - When Junipers Invade, Water May Retreat http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/322/5908/1630 learn more December 9, 2008 - Plug-In Hybrids No Better Than Regular Hybrids for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions Today http://nicholas.duke.edu/ccpp/news_pr/news-hybrid.12.09.08.html learn more December 4, 2008 - New Policy Brief Details Federal Options to Increase Nationwide Investment in Energy Efficiency http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-energy.12.04.08.html learn more November 24, 2008 - Duke University Marine Lab’s Repass Center Earns Gold by Going Green http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-repass.11.24.08.html learn more November 18, 2008 - Duke University Environmental Dean Appointed to National Climate Change Committee http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-billclimatechair.html learn more November 18, 2008 - Fred and Alice Stanback Receive North Carolina's Highest Civilian Award http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-stanback08.html learn more November 6, 2008 - Fall 2008 Dukenvironment is Online http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/dukenvironment/ learn more October 31, 2008 - Study Sheds Light on Reservoir’s Capacity for Holding Usable Water During Times of Drought  http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-pratsondrought.html learn more October 31, 2008 - Forestry Students Hold Christmas Tree Sale to Raise Money for Organic Tree Farm http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-xmastreesale.html learn more October 30, 2008 - Meet the New Faculty: Douglas Nowacek http://news.duke.edu/2008/10/nowacek.html watch videos October 27, 2008 - Nov. 11 Lecture to Focus on The New Environmentalism: After the 2008 Election http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-foresthistorian08.html learn more October 27, 2008 - Durham to DC http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/programs/professional/dcopenhouse.html watch videos October 24, 2008 - A Critical Comparison and Virtual “Field Test” of Forest Management Carbon Offset Protocols http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-ccppoffsets.html watch videos October 21, 2008 - You Tube Contest Winners Announced http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/livingreen/winners.html watch videos October 20, 2008 - Partnership Targeting Lead Poisoning in North Carolina Wins EPA Award for Environmental Justice http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-mlmaward.html learn more October 17, 2008 - Duke Environmental Leadership Program Fall 2008 Seminar http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/del/outreach/cocacola.seminars.html learn more October 14, 2008 - New York Times Science Writer to Speak at Duke University http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-corneliadean.html learn more October 13, 2008 - Susan Lozier Named Fellow of American Meteorological Society http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-lozierams.html learn more October 12, 2008 - Join Us for Earth Jam 2008! http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/earthjam/ learn more October 9, 2008 - Smithsonian Exhibit Showcases Work by Marine Lab’s Ari Friedlaender http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-ariphotos.html learn more October 9, 2008 - Duke Forest Annual Gathering Slated for Oct. 16 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/forest/events/annualgathering.html learn more October 9, 2008 - Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum Scheduled for Oct. 24 http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/delpf/symposium learn more October 7, 2008 - Join Us for Prospective Student Visitation Day http://nicholas.duke.edu/programs/professional/visitfall08.html learn more October 7, 2008 - Nicholas School Co-hosts Idealist.org Graduate Fair http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/CareerFair/Viewer/default?career-fair-id=201 learn more October 3, 2008 - Larry Crowder Receives University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award http://news.duke.edu/2008/10/crowder.html learn more October 1, 2008 - Duke Researcher Receives $2.2 Million NIH Grant to Study Children’s Exposure to Flame Retardants http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-stapleton.html learn more September 29, 2008 - Duke Environment School Launches Blog to Explain Environmental Issues in Everyday Terms http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-thegreengrok.html learn more September 25, 2008 - Center to Study Nanotech Safety Established at Duke http://news.duke.edu/2008/09/nanosafety.html learn more September 25, 2008 - Power, Phone Lines Temporarily Out at Marine Lab http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-weather.09.25.2008.html learn more September 22, 2008 - New Alumni Profile on Nicholas Insider: Notes from the Field http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/mynicholas/notesfromthefield/paulparker learn more September 22, 2008 - New Executive Director Named to Lead Duke University’s Corporate Sustainability Initiative http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-vermeer.html learn more September 19, 2008 - President Brodhead Tours Marine Lab, Meets Faculty and Students, Assists in Turtle Release http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-brodheadduml.html learn more September 16, 2008 - Nicholas School to Explore Creation of New International Master of Environmental Management Program http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-intlmem.html learn more September 8, 2008 - Nicholas School Launches YouTube Video Contest http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/lvingreen/ learn more September 8, 2008 - “World Without Us” Author to Speak at Duke Sept. 16 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-worldwous.html learn more September 4, 2008 - Duke Marine Lab Weather Alert http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-dumlweather.html learn more August 27, 2008 - National Geographic Young Explorers Workshop Set for Sept. 20 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/youngexplorers/ learn more August 27, 2008 - Balancing Cost and Emissions Certainty: An Allowance Reserve for Cap-and-Trade http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/wp-costemissions.pdf learn more August 27, 2008 - Duke Marine Lab to Host Environmental Sustainability Seminar Series http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-dumlseries.html learn more August 14, 2008 - Hydrogen-powered vehicles fuel discussions at Aug. 15 event http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-h2roadshow.html learn more August 14, 2008 - Duke Students to Conduct Beach Sweep of Carrot Island on Aug. 18 as a Thank-You to Beaufort Community http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-beachsweep.html learn more August 13, 2008 - Oil and Gas Projects in Western Amazon Threaten Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-amazonpipe.html learn more July 30, 2008 - A Plan for Stopping the Spread of Invasive Plants in Duke Forest http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-lorna.html learn more July 21, 2008 - Geographical Ties to 1991 Gulf War ALS Cases Probed http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/07/alsmiranda.html learn more July 15, 2008 - Duke to Offer New Dual Master’s Degree in Environmental and Engineering Management http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-engdual.html learn more June 27, 2008 - Reducing US Greenhouse Gas Emissions http://www.rff.org/Events/Pages/US-GHG-Reduction-Price-and-Policies.aspx watch streaming video June 27, 2008 - Orrin Pilkey Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from N.C. Coastal Federation http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-pilkeyaward.html learn more June 26, 2008 - Toxic Releases Disproportionately Affect Minority and Low-Income Communities http://news.duke.edu/2008/06/TRIMiranda.html learn more June 26, 2008 - Climate change could shrink range of most of California's endemic plants http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-loarie.html learn more June 23, 2008 - From Mountaintops to Mine Shafts, Students Gain New Perspectives on Environmental Management on Western Field Trip http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-westerntrip08.html learn more June 20, 2008 - Pat Halpin to Speak at World Wildlife Fund’s Science for Nature Seminar Series http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-halpinwwf.html learn more June 19, 2008 - Dean Chameides Appointed to Museum Commission http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-museum.html learn more June 17, 2008 - Finite Fisheries Need Firm Policies to Sustain Them http://research.duke.edu/fisheries/ learn more June 13, 2008 - New Website Aims to Remove A Million Pounds of Carbon Dioxide from Atmosphere – One Bike Spoke at a Time http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-velocommute.html learn more June 12, 2008 - Controversial Practice of Killing Whales for Research Must Be Halted, Nicholas School’s Andy Read Tells Congress http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-whaling.html learn more June 10, 2008 - Duke Researchers Launch Two-Year Study on Perceptions of Development and Change in N.C. Coastal Communities http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-shiftingtides.html learn more June 9, 2008 - The Chemistry of Future Water: New Study Predicts Shape of Drops to Come http://news.duke.edu/2008/06/tracewater.html learn more June 6, 2008 - 22 Faculty and Students Presentations at 2008 ESA Annual Meeting Underscore Nicholas School’s Leadership in Forging a Sustainable Future http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-esa2008.html learn more June 3, 2008 - International Conference on Water Resources Slated for July 22-24 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/waterconf08.pdf learn more May 27, 2008 - Refining Predictions For Water Pathogens http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2008/may/science/nl_fecalcoliform.html learn more May 22, 2008 - Nicholas School Launches “The Green Grok,” a New Blog on the Environment and Sustainability by Dean Bill Chameides http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-greengrok.html learn more May 14, 2008 - Krithi Karanth Receives First Dean’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-krithiaward.html learn more April 29, 2008 - Policy And Geography Shape Tropical Parks’ Success In Stemming Deforestation, New Paper Finds http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-pimmstudents.html learn more April 28, 2008 - Nine Nicholas School Students Receive Funding For International Research Travel http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-sidgawards.html learn more April 25, 2008 - Green Pastures http://gristmill.grist.org/print/2008/4/21/154539/284?show_comments=no Read the Grist Magazine report April 24, 2008 - Following Dan Rittschof in Search of Snails http://news.duke.edu/2008/04/rittschof._print.ht learn more April 24, 2008 - The Corn Identity http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/4/24/74716/4985 Read the blog at Grist.org April 22, 2008 - Comic Relief: Nationally Syndicated Cartoonist Jim Toomey (Del-Mem ’08) Promotes Shark Conservation http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-toomey.html learn more April 22, 2008 - New Book By Nicholas School’s Curt Richardson Synthesizes 14 Years Of Research In Florida’s Everglades http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-curtbook.html learn more April 18, 2008 - CO2: They should bottle that stuff http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1730759_1731383_1731989,00.html learn more April 17, 2008 - CO2: Road Map to Good Health http://tinyurl.com/48oh38 learn more April 16, 2008 - Tapping the Wind and Sun to Save Water http://sustainablog.org/2008/04/16/tapping-the-wind-and-sun-to-save-water/ Read the blog at GreenOptions.org April 16, 2008 - Clinton and Obama on the Environment http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/demtalk/ learn more April 14, 2008 - Nicholas School Appoints Associate Dean for International Programs http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-prasad.html learn more April 10, 2008 - Ocean Conservationist Wallace J. Nichols to Speak at Duke on April 22 http://news.duke.edu/2008/04/earth%20day%20speech.html learn more April 8, 2008 - 2008 Oosting Memorial Lecture and Student Symposium http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-oostinglecture.html learn more April 8, 2008 - Studying the Origins of Life on Earth http://www.lockheedmartin.com/how/ learn more April 1, 2008 - Spring 2008 Dukenvironment is Online http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/dukenvironment/ learn more March 31, 2008 - David Orr, Trailblazing Expert on Environmental Literary and Design, to Speak at 2008 Nicholas School Recognition Ceremony http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-orr.html learn more March 28, 2008 - Come Visit and Play with Us http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/programs/professional/admittedvisit.html learn more March 24, 2008 - Seven Nicholas School Students Named 2008-09 Doris Duke Conservation Fellows http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-dorisduke.html learn more March 24, 2008 - New thinking needed to deal with droughts https://fds.duke.edu/db/Nicholas/faculty/reckhow/news.html/2457 learn more March 20, 2008 - Gift to Create New Molecular Biology Chair at Duke Marine http://news.duke.edu/2008/03/marine_gift.html learn more March 19, 2008 - Science at Sea http://research.duke.edu/creature_discomforts/ learn more March 19, 2008 - How Duke is Going Green http://www.hr.duke.edu/primetime/ learn more March 14, 2008 - Duke to Offer New Undergraduate Certificate Program in Energy and the Environment http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-newcert.html learn more March 13, 2008 - News Tip: EPA Ozone Standards Should Be Based on Science, Not Economics, Duke Expert Says http://news.duke.edu/2008/03/ozonetip.html learn more February 29, 2008 - Trustees Approve New PhD Program in Marine Science http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-dumlphd.html learn more February 27, 2008 - Why Juniper Trees Can Live On Less Water http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/02/cedardry.html learn more February 20, 2008 - Students Receive Awards for Outstanding Papers at 2007 AGU Meeting http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-agu.html learn more February 18, 2008 - Stanback’s Gift Supports the Investigation of a Link Between Cancer and Environment http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-stanbackgift.html learn more February 18, 2008 - Five Questions with Conservation Biologist Stuart Pimm http://research.duke.edu/five-questions-with-conservation-biologist-stuart-pimm/ learn more February 13, 2008 - Watch Albatrosses Dance http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/hawaii/video/ learn more February 6, 2008 - Nicholas School Faculty Take Part in AAAS Meeting http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-aaas2008.html learn more February 5, 2008 - Nicholas School’s Rob Jackson Named Fellow of American Geophysical Union http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-rob.html learn more January 29, 2008 - Applying Lessons from Evolution to Security http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/01/darwinsecurity.html learn more January 29, 2008 - Duke Deans To Discuss 'What Would You Do With $100 Million?" http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-100million.html learn more January 28, 2008 - Irreconcilable Differences: Fine-Root Life Spans and Soil Carbon Persistence http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-ramscience.html learn more January 28, 2008 - Global Soils at Risk http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/01/soilsave.html learn more January 16, 2008 - New Online Duke Research Site http://research.duke.edu/ learn more January 16, 2008 - Nicholas School Names New Associate Dean for External Affairs http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-chandra.html learn more January 16, 2008 - Pimm Cited in Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011503428.html learn more January 16, 2008 - Portal to Papahanaumokuakea http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/hawaii/ learn more January 9, 2008 - More than 400 Turn Out for Town Hall Meeting on Drought http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/drought/ learn more January 4, 2008 - New Annual Award Created to Recognize the Outstanding Graduate Student Manuscript http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-phdaward.html learn more January 4, 2008 - Global Soil Change Motivates Workshop on Earth’s Critical Zone http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-soils.html learn more January 4, 2008 - North Atlantic Warming Tied to Natural Variability http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/01/naochanges.html learn more December 14, 2007 - Will the water run out? http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-watertownhall.html December 14, 2007 - Durham Water Forum http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/durhamwaterforum.pdf December 4, 2007 - Phily Inquirer cites Chameides http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20071204_A_mind-frying_debate.html November 30, 2007 - Duke Creates New Post to Coordinate Student Environmental Initiatives http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-clark.html read the story November 28, 2007 - MP Symposium Dec. 3 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/dec07mpsymp.pdf November 26, 2007 - Student Visitation, January 2008 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/programs/professional/prosday.html November 15, 2007 - Flying Blind: Fewer Satellites Monitor Environmental Hotspots, Duke Researchers Find http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-flyingblind.html read the story November 15, 2007 - Registration opens for Aquatic Animal Models of Human Disease Conference http://www.cancer.duke.edu/modules/aquatics55/ register or learn more November 14, 2007 - Terborgh in NY Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20819 November 12, 2007 - Join us on the front line of environmental progress http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/notebook/ read the latest Nicholas Notebook stories from the front line November 8, 2007 - Duke Establishes New Center for Engineering, Energy and the Environment http://news.duke.edu/2007/11/gendell.html read the story November 6, 2007 - Digging at the Intersection of Environment and Health http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/dukenvironment/ view the lastest issue of Dukenvironment October 30, 2007 - Deborah Rigling Gallagher Appointed Associate Faculty Director Of Duke Corporate Sustainability Initiative http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-debcsi.html Nicholas School Dean William L. Chameides has appointed Deborah Rigling Gallagher as associate faculty director of the Duke Corporate Sustainability Initiative (CSI). October 26, 2007 - Integrating environmental flows into water management and policy http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/nicholastalks/opperman.html A lecture by Jeff Opperman is the latest Nicholas Talk October 26, 2007 - Urban Nature Writer Jenny Price To Speak At Duke On Nov. 12 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-price.html Writer Jenny Price, whose critically acclaimed essays on urban environmentalism have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and Audubon, will discuss “Remaking American Environmentalism: On the Banks of the L.A. River,” at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, at Duke University. October 25, 2007 - Bruce Corliss and Larry Crowder Named AAAS Fellows http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-aaas.html Bruce H. Corliss, professor of earth and ocean sciences, and Larry B. Crowder, Stephen Toth Professor of Marine Biology, have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). October 24, 2007 - Everglades Phosphorus Limits on Right Track, But More is Needed http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/10/everglades.html State and federal standards for phosphorus releases into the Everglades seem sufficient to protect the huge wetland’s resident plants and animals from damage, but pollutant levels still reach double or triple safe levels near some of the Everglades’ outer edges.  October 23, 2007 - Examining the Economic Impacts of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Bill http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/knowledge-climate.html October 23, 2007 - Duke Among Green Campuses http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/greencampuses.pdf October 17, 2007 - Study Sheds Light on Small Fisheries’ Impacts on Turtle Declines http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-crowder.html A study of the accidental by-catch of Pacific loggerhead turtles by local fishing fleets in Baja California is shedding new light on the previously overlooked role small fisheries may play in the decline of endangered migratory marine animals worldwide.  October 17, 2007 - Isotopic Studies Identify Sources of Contamination in Middle Eastern Groundwater http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-vengosh.html Water is a scarce and often contentious commodity in the Middle East, especially where surface and groundwater systems extend across political borders between hostile neighbors. October 17, 2007 - Deep in the Sea, Imagining the Cradle of Life on Earth http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/vandovernyt.pdf Cindy Van Dover featured in the New York Times October 17, 2007 - Come Visit Us! http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/programs/professional/prosday.html October 12, 2007 - Duke Marine Lab’s “Green Wave” Joins In Big Sweep http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-bigsweep.html The Green Wave, a student-led sustainability movement at the Duke University Marine Lab, will clean up sections of downtown Beaufort and Radio Island as their contribution to the North Carolina Big Sweep Coastal Cleanup on October 13th. October 11, 2007 - Come Join Us for Earth Jam 2007 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/earthjam Tues. Oct. 16, 11-3, Bryan Center (lower level) October 9, 2007 - President Brodhead Visits Nicholas School http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-brodhead.html President Richard H. Brodhead toured the Nicholas School and met with Dean William L. Chameides and three faculty members today. October 8, 2007 - Duke Forest Annual Gathering to be Held Oct. 18 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-forestgathering.html The 2007 Duke Forest Annual Gathering will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at the New Hope Improvement Association Center in Chapel Hill. October 8, 2007 - Water Seminar Series http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/eos/about/water-seminars.php October 2, 2007 - New Student Blogs Give You Inside Information About the Nicholas School http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/blog Check out the Nicholas Insider October 2, 2007 - LA Times Quotes Pilkey https://fds.duke.edu/db/Nicholas/faculty/opilkey/news.html/2028 Coastal buyout talk roils lives in Mississippi. October 1, 2007 - Duke Environmental Leadership Program to Host Oct. 23 Forum on Durham's Committment to Sustainability http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-cokeseminar.html Read the News Story October 1, 2007 - Study Examines the Use of Human Resettlement in Tiger Conservation http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-krithi.html Read news story and paper and view slideshow October 1, 2007 - Plans for Nicholas Hall Receive Green Light from Duke Board of Trustees http://news.duke.edu/2007/09/trustees_0907.html Read news story September 28, 2007 - Multi-Level Governance and Management of Water Resources http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/nicholastalks/blomquist.html A lecture by Bill Blomquist is the latest Nicholas Talk September 27, 2007 - Duke Launches New Corporate Sustainability Initiative http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-csi.html Read news story September 27, 2007 - G8 Leadership is Crititcal to Curbing Energy-Related CO2 Emissions http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/g8plus5.pdf Read the paper September 26, 2007 - Pete and Ginny Nicholas to be Honored at Founders' Day Convocation http://news.duke.edu/2007/09/founders.html Read the news release September 21, 2007 - New Study Documents Dams' Impact on California Salmon http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-salmon.html Read the news story September 20, 2007 - Climate Activity in Congress http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/print_article.asp?individual_SQL=9/20/2007@16724_Public_.htm September 5, 2007 - Chameides in Nature Magazine http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070903/full/nj7158-112a.html When he went to college, Bill Chameides was intent on becoming a lawyer. But he exchanged his legal dreams for science - first physics then atmospheric sciences - and became one of the environment's star witnesses.