Duke Today Schools Feed / en Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:11:57 -0400 Tue, 17 Dec 24 16:24:23 -0500 Prominent Beach Geologist Orrin Pilkey Dies /2024/12/prominent-beach-geologist-orrin-pilkey-dies Nicholas School of the Environment /2024/12/prominent-beach-geologist-orrin-pilkey-dies Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:24:23 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Climate Change|Earth and Ocean Sciences|Faculty|Nicholas School of the Environment Ocean’s Loss of Oxygen Caused Massive Jurassic Extinction. Could it Happen Again? /2024/06/oceans-loss-oxygen-caused-massive-jurassic-extinction-could-it-happen-again Nicholas School of the Environment /2024/06/oceans-loss-oxygen-caused-massive-jurassic-extinction-could-it-happen-again Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:11:32 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Climate Change|Earth and Ocean Sciences|Faculty Advancement|Nicholas School of the Environment Scientists Reveal High Levels of Toxic Metals in Global Phosphate Fertilizers /2024/05/scientists-reveal-high-levels-toxic-metals-global-phosphate-fertilizers Nicholas School of the Environment /2024/05/scientists-reveal-high-levels-toxic-metals-global-phosphate-fertilizers Thu, 30 May 2024 09:30:38 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Earth and Ocean Sciences|Nicholas School of the Environment Duke Senior, Alumna Receive Knight-Hennessy Scholarship /2024/05/duke-senior-alumna-receive-knight-hennessy-scholarship Zhang, Collins will do graduate study at Stanford University Duke Today /2024/05/duke-senior-alumna-receive-knight-hennessy-scholarship Tue, 07 May 2024 13:15:26 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Alumni|Biology|Earth and Ocean Sciences|Education|Nicholas School of the Environment|Politics & Public Policy|Sanford School of Public Policy|students, undergraduate|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Duke Flags Lowered: Professor Emeritus Peter Haff, Distinguished Geologist, Dies /2024/02/duke-flags-lowered-professor-emeritus-peter-haff-distinguished-geologist-dies Peter K. Haff, a distinguished figure in the field of Earth and Climate Sciences and professor emeritus of geology, passed away on Feb. 3 in Chapel Hill after a long illness. Haff received his BA from Harvard in 1966 and his PhD from the University of Virginia in 1970. He came to Duke in 1988 with joint appointments in the Pratt School of Engineering and the Nicholas School of the Environment. His leadership was marked by his tenure as the chair of the Earth and Ocean Sciences Division from 2001 to 2007, during which he shaped the growing department through keen insight and unwavering… Duke Today /2024/02/duke-flags-lowered-professor-emeritus-peter-haff-distinguished-geologist-dies Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:56:22 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Earth and Ocean Sciences|Faculty|Nicholas School of the Environment A Path to Carbon-Neutral Goes Through the Ocean /2023/05/path-carbon-neutral-goes-through-ocean Nicholas School of the Environment /2023/05/path-carbon-neutral-goes-through-ocean Mon, 01 May 2023 09:42:11 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Earth and Ocean Sciences|Faculty|Nicholas School of the Environment Earth Is Awash With Plastic Pollution. Here’s What Duke Is Doing to Change That. /2023/04/earth-awash-plastic-pollution-heres-what-duke-doing-change Nicholas School of the Environment /2023/04/earth-awash-plastic-pollution-heres-what-duke-doing-change Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:41:18 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Earth and Ocean Sciences|Faculty|Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability|Nicholas School of the Environment|students, graduate and professional Duke Flags Lowered: Richard Barber, Professor Emeritus of Biological Oceanography, Dies /2023/04/duke-flags-lowered-richard-barber-professor-emeritus-biological-oceanography-dies Nicholas School of the Environment /2023/04/duke-flags-lowered-richard-barber-professor-emeritus-biological-oceanography-dies Thu, 13 Apr 2023 08:52:24 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Earth and Ocean Sciences|Faculty|Nicholas School of the Environment The Fight Against Climate Change Goes Through Methane /2023/04/fight-against-climate-change-goes-through-methane Drew Shindell brings attention to a major greenhouse gas. It starts with cow burps. Duke Magazine /2023/04/fight-against-climate-change-goes-through-methane Wed, 05 Apr 2023 09:45:38 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Climate Change|Earth and Ocean Sciences|Faculty|Nicholas School of the Environment The Big Impact of Small Fisheries Around the World /2023/03/big-impact-small-fisheries-around-world Duke scholars and students were among more than 800 experts who contributed to global study calling for policymakers to consider contributions of small fisheries Duke Today /2023/03/big-impact-small-fisheries-around-world Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:07:44 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Earth and Ocean Sciences|Faculty|Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability|Nicholas School of the Environment|Politics & Public Policy