Nicholas School News http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ News from the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences 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 August 3, 2009 - NPR interviews Chameides http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111511131 learn more July 7, 2009 - Forty Nicholas School Faculty and Students to Present at 2009 ESA Meeting http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-esa.07.08.09.html learn more June 22, 2009 - Chameides quoted in Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/id/202757/output/print 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 11, 2009 - Nicholas School Art Exhibit http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-art.06.11.09.html 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 29, 2009 - MEM ’09 Ben Landis Wins AAAS Mass Media Fellowship http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-landis.04.29.09.html learn more April 28, 2009 - 2009 Nicholas Recognition Ceremony http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-graduation.04.28.09.html learn more April 24, 2009 - Marine Lab Director Cindy Van Dover Receives 2009 Meritorious Award http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-vandoveraward4.28.09.html 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 26, 2009 - Student Group to Host Two-Day Symposium on Carbon Offsets http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-carbon.03.26.09.html learn more March 19, 2009 - Bringing Conservation into Focus: Exploring the Emerging Field of Conservation Photography http://nicholas.duke.edu/conservationphoto.flyer.2009.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 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 4, 2009 - Wendy Dow Receives Award for Best Student Paper at International Sea Turtle Symposium http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-dow.03.04.09.html learn more March 4, 2009 - Two Nicholas School Faculty Appointed to State Subcommittee on Offshore Energy Exploration http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-orbach.03.04.09.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 25, 2009 - Duke Marine Lab’s Repass Center Wins Green Building Wood Design Award http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-repass.02.25.09.html 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 20, 2009 - Chaemides blogs for Popular Science http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-02/our-grid-powering-our-21st-century-lives-19th-century-design 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 6, 2009 - Tropical Ecologist William Laurance to Speak at Duke Feb. 19 http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-laurance.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 23, 2009 - National Geographic honors Pimm http://nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-pimm.01.23.09.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 12, 2008 - Shifts in Soil Bacterial Populations Can Indicate Wetland Restoration Success, Study Shows http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/11/wetsoils.html learn more November 11, 2008 - The New Environmentalism: After the 2008 Election http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-foresthistorian08.html 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 - Acoustic Ecologist and Musician Peter Cusack to Speak on Nov. 4 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-cusack.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 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 22, 2008 - New Paper Compares Protocols for Managing Forests for Carbon Offsets http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-ccppoffsets.html learn more 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 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 9, 2008 - Smithsonian Exhibit Showcases Work by Marine Lab’s Ari Friedlaender http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-ariphotos.html learn more October 6, 2008 - Bruce Corliss Named Chair-Elect of University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-corliss.html learn more October 6, 2008 - PhD Student Erin LaBrecque Named Foster Scholar http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-labrecque.html learn more October 3, 2008 - Taking the Classroom to Marine Science 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 - 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 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 - "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 - Duke Marine Lab to Host Environmental Sustainability Seminar Series http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-dumlseries.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 14, 2008 - Hydrogen-powered vehicles fuel discussions at Aug. 15 event http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-h2roadshow.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 - 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 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 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 May 6, 2008 - Paper By Brad Murray Selected As One Of Top 20 Most Cited Articles From 2003-2007 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-murraycited.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 24, 2008 - Following Dan Rittschof in Search of Snails http://news.duke.edu/2008/04/rittschof._print.ht learn more 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 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 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 26, 2008 - Take Part in EarthHour 2008 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-earthhour.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 20, 2008 - Environmental Leadership Awards Presented to Three Current or Recent PhD Students at Duke Marine Lab http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-dumlawards.html learn more March 20, 2008 - Gift to Create New Molecular Biology Chair at Duke Marine Lab http://news.duke.edu/2008/03/marine_gift.html 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 March 12, 2008 - Prioritization Workshops: Protecting Noncommercial Plant Resource from Introduced Pests http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-introducedpests.html learn more March 7, 2008 - Duke Marine Lab Offers Innovative Summer Courses in Marine Conservation http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-dumlcourses.html learn more March 1, 2008 - Duke Board of Trustees Approves New Ph.D. Program in Marine Science and Conservation 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 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 30, 2008 - Nicholas School Students Establish Duke Chapter of the Association for Fire Ecology http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-safe.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 - Earth's Soils Bear Unmistakable Footprints of Humans http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/01/soilsave.html learn more January 23, 2008 - Energy Policy Risk Analysis Expert Dalia Patino-Echverri Joins Nicholas School Faculty http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-dalia.html learn more January 22, 2008 - Dean Chameides Takes Leadership Role In Campus Sustainability http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-chameides-sustainability.html 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 4, 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 - SAVE THE DATE: Will the Water Run Out? A Nicholas School Town Hall for the Duke and Durham Communities http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-watertownhall.html learn more November 30, 2007 - DukeEngage Grants to Seed New Student Programs http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-dukengage.html read the story 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 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 8, 2007 - Duke Establishes New Center for Engineering, Energy and the Environment http://news.duke.edu/2007/11/gendell.html read the story 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 - 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 17, 2007 - Study Sheds Light on Small Fisheries’ Impacts on Turtle Declines http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/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/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 - Symposium on Forestry and Conservation to be Held Nov. 9 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/ns-safsymposium.html The Duke University Student Chapter of the Society of American Foresters will host a free daylong symposium, “Forestry and Conservation: Understanding and Creating Linkages,” from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, November 9, in the Christensen Reading Room of the Levine Science Research Center. Advance registration is required by Monday, November 5. October 12, 2007 - Duke Marine Lab’s “Green Wave” Joins In Big Sweep http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/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 - Duke Forest Annual Gathering to be Held Oct. 18 http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/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 9, 2007 - President Brodhead Visits Nicholas School http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/ns-brodhead.html President Richard H. Brodhead toured the Nicholas School and met with Dean William L. Chameides and three faculty members today. October 1, 2007 - Duke Environmental Leadership Program To Host Oct. 23 Forum On Durham’s Commitment To Sustainability http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/ns-cokeseminar.html The Duke Environmental Leadership (DEL) Program will host a forum on “Durham’s Commitment to Sustainability,” featuring corporate and civic leaders from the Bull City, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in Love Auditorium of the Levine Science Research Center. September 28, 2007 - Duke Achieves 25.6 Percent Annual Return on University Investments http://news.duke.edu/2007/09/trustees_0907.html Duke Management Company (DUMAC), which manages Duke University’s endowment and other investment assets, achieved a return of 25.6 percent on the university’s investments in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2007. The investment returns and new gifts to the university’s endowment brought its market value to $5.9 billion. September 28, 2007 - Study Identifies New Wintering Grounds for Humpback Whales in Hawaiian Islands http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-johnstonhumpback.html A new study finds that humpback whales, once hunted to near extinction in the North Pacific, are now wintering in the protected waters of the Papahanaumokuaea Marine National Monument in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. September 27, 2007 - Duke University Launches New Corporate Sustainability Initiative http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-csi.html Duke University today announced the establishment of the new Duke Corporate Sustainability Initiative (CSI), an interdisciplinary initiative designed to examine corporate environmental practices from the perspectives of both business strategy and public policy. September 26, 2007 - Study Examines Use Of Human Resettlement As Conservation Tool In Indian Tiger Reserve http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-krithi.html When people and wildlife don’t mix – as in tiger reserves in India – moving the humans out is often unavoidable if the tigers are to survive. Critics have charged that this causes undue social disruption and economic hardships for the humans, undermining their welfare for that of the tigers. September 24, 2007 - Founders' Day Convocation Sept. 27 in Duke Chapel http://news.duke.edu/2007/09/founders.html Duke University will honor outstanding students, faculty, employees and alumni at its annual Founders’ Day Convocation in Duke Chapel at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. September 20, 2007 - 76 Students Take Part in First Annual Nicholas School Volunteer Day http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-volday07.html They cleared. They sawed. They conquered. Seventy-six Nicholas School students volunteered their time and energy to work on environmental public-service projects at five sites around the Triangle as part of the first annual Nicholas School Student Volunteer Day on September 15. September 20, 2007 - Paper by Nicholas School PhD Candidate Examines Dams’ Impacts on California Salmon http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-salmon.html A recent paper by a Nicholas School PhD candidate examining dams’ impacts on endangered spring-run Chinook salmon in the rivers of California’s Central Valley could serve as a cautionary tale to policymakers, scientists and resource managers currently embroiled in a debate about the construction of new dams in the region. September 12, 2007 - FACE Experiment Receives Two-Year, $1.56 Million Renewal of Research Funds from U.S. Department of Energy http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-facegrant.html The Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University has received a two-year grant for $1,559,016 from the Office of Biological and Environmental Research, U.S. Department of Energy, to continue its research on carbon sequestration at the Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) facility in Duke Forest. August 29, 2007 - Duke Launches Environmental Law and Policy Clinic http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-envlawclinic.html The new Environmental Law and Policy Clinic at Duke University has hung out its shingle. August 23, 2007 - MEM Student Nick Magliocca Named Recipient of First $10,000 Dorothy Bertine Internship http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-magliocca.html Nicholas School student Nicholas R. Magliocca has been awarded the first Dorothy Bertine Internship from the Edna Bailey Sussman Fund. August 17, 2007 - New Climate Change Film Features Stuart Pimm, Three Others with Nicholas School Ties http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-11thhour.html A new documentary on global climate change highlights the environmental expertise of four nationally known scholars and scientists with Nicholas School ties. August 7, 2007 - Experiment Suggests Limitations to Carbon Dioxide 'Tree Banking' http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/08/carbonadd.html Duke Forest trees bathed in extra amounts of gas for a decade added carbon to their tissues, but unevenly. July 25, 2007 - Pratson Helps Teach Weeklong Short Course on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Urban Development http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-pratson.html Lincoln Pratson, associate professor of sedimentary geology and faculty director of the Nicholas School’s Energy and Environment Master of Environmental Management program, is helping teach courses on energy and the environment at the 2007 Sustainable Energy Fellowship short course program, July 21-28, at Arizona State University. June 28, 2007 - Nicholas School to Have Major Presence at 2007 Ecological Society Meeting http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-esa2007.html More than 50 researchers, policy analysts and students from the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University will present findings from new research or policy analysis at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), the year’s most important ecological science conference, Aug. 5 to 10, in San Jose, Calif. June 21, 2007 - Six Nicholas School Students Named 2007-08 Doris Duke Conservation Fellows http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-dorisduke2007.html Six Nicholas School students have been named Doris Duke Conservation Fellows for 2007-08. June 20, 2007 - Duke Names William Chameides New Dean of the Nicholas School http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-chameides.html June 1, 2007 - Bush’s Call For Global Greenhouse Emissions Goals Is Sign Of Growing Consensus That "U.S. Must Take A Leadership Role" http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-newellbush.html President George W. Bush’s call yesterday for talks over the next 18 months to establish a new framework for addressing global greenhouse gas emissions after 2012 is a sign of shifting political winds, says a Duke University energy economist. May 31, 2007 - Green is Beautiful, a video on the Marine Lab's newest building http://www.duke.edu/today/archive/oncamera.php?id=9063 May 24, 2007 - Division Of Coastal Systems Science And Policy Receives New Name http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-csspname.html The Nicholas School’s Division of Coastal Systems Science and Policy has been renamed the Division of Marine Science and Conservation. May 24, 2007 - Nicholas School Team Receives EPA Grant to Examine Potential Environmental Impacts of Estrogen in Hog Waste http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-epahogwaste.html A research team led by Seth W. Kullman, assistant research professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Science at Duke University, has received a two-year, $663,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to examine the potential environmental impacts of estrogen in hog waste generated at concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO). May 15, 2007 - EPA Funds New Center at Duke to Study Inequalities in Birth Weight and Prematurity http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-mlmgrant.html The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a $7.74 million award to Duke University to support a five-year study of the complex factors that jointly contribute to persistent inequalities in birth weight and premature birth. May 14, 2007 - Duke University Names Emily Klein Interim Dean Of Nicholas School http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-deanemily.html Emily M. Klein, senior associate dean and Lee Hill Snowden Professor of geology at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University, has been named interim dean of the Nicholas School, effective June 1, Provost Peter Lange announced on Monday. May 10, 2007 - Drylands Are Not the Same as Badlands http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/05/dryland.html Researchers suggest ways to keep land that is arid but workable from becoming unusable May 9, 2007 - ConocoPhillips Pledges $1 Million to Climate Change Policy Partnership at Duke http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/05/conocophillips.html ConocoPhillips, the third-largest integrated energy company in the United States, has pledged $1 million to support an industry-university collaboration working to develop policies that address global climate change, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead announced Wednesday. May 3, 2007 - Duke University Names New Nicholas Professor Of Global Environmental Change http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-jacksonaward.html Robert B. Jackson, professor of biology and faculty director of the Center on Global Change at Duke University, has been named Nicholas Professor of Global Environmental Change at Dukes Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. May 3, 2007 - James Salzman Receives Distinguished Chair From Duke School Of Law http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-salzmanaward.html James Salzman has been named Samuel F. Mordecai Professor of Law by the Duke University School of Law. May 2, 2007 - Signs of Health Returning to Restored 'SWAMP' in Duke Forest http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/05/swamp_research.html Tests show the restored 14-acre Stream and Wetland Assessment Management Park is boosting biodiversity and helping reduce nitrate pollution in water downstream. April 26, 2007 - Duke to Dedicate Research and Teaching 'Swamp' on May 2 http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/04/wetland.ded.html April 25, 2007 - Susan Lozier Receives Universitywide Award for Excellence in Mentoring http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-lozieraward.html April 20, 2007 - Nicholas Graduate Eric Treml Receives World Wildlife Funds Fuller Fellowship http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-treml.html April 17, 2007 - New Undersea Vent Suggests Snake-Headed Mythology http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/04/smoker.html April 2, 2007 - Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door for Global Warming Solutions http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/04/greenhousegas_tip.html April 2, 2007 - Duke to Hold Earth Day Festivities on April 20 http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/04/earthday.html March 23, 2007 - Two Nicholas School Students Receive Awards for Outstanding Papers at 2006 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-agustudentaward.html March 21, 2007 - Duke Team to Blog from Bottom of Pacific http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/03/OSC.html March 20, 2007 - Environmental Journalist Mark London to Speak at Duke http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-london.html March 15, 2007 - "Not So Big" Advocate Sarah Susanka To Speak at 2007 Nicholas School Recognition Ceremony http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-grad07speaker.html March 14, 2007 - Duke Forestry Student Awarded Luce Scholarship http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/03/luce.html February 26, 2007 - Upcoming Conference on Future of Water in North Carolina http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/02/waterconf.html February 19, 2007 - $1 Million Pledged to Climate Change Policy Partnership http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/02/meadwestvaco.html February 15, 2007 - Group Examines Durham County Lead Poisoning Hazards http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/02/lead.html February 14, 2007 - David Hyrenbach, PhD Awarded 2007 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation for Mediterranean Marine Protection http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-hyrenbachpew.html February 5, 2007 - Award-Winning Economist Joins Nicholas School Faculty http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-newell.html February 2, 2007 - New report presents strongest evidence yet of human link to global warming, Duke expert says http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-hegerlclimate.html January 25, 2007 - Book Assails Unrealistic Mathematical Models http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/01/pilkmodel.html January 23, 2007 - Doubling Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Could Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions by 10 Percent, Duke Scientists Say http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/01/reduce_emissions.html January 19, 2007 - Climate-Change Legislation Gaining Momentum, Duke Expert Says http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/01/profeta_tip.html January 11, 2007 - Duke Ecologist Named Recipient of 2007 Proctor Prize from Sigma XI http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-pimmsigmaxi.html