The Pandemic's Effect on Energy and the Environment
"Largest demand destruction ever seen" — Duke faculty share perspectives during media briefing
Topic Energy & Environment
Duke scholars are exploring new frontiers in such areas as renewable energy, sustainable food and carbon capture to forge a more sustainable relationship between humanity and the global environment.
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Hot Ocean Waters Along East Coast Are Drawing in ‘Weird’ Fish and Supercharging Hurricane Season
Cites fish sightings recorded in an online database of observed sea life maintained by Duke University
What Happened When a Public Institute Became a De Facto Lobbying Arm of the Timber Industry
Features comments by William Schlesinger, former dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment
Farm and Forest Carbon Incentives Can Help Climate and Rural Economies
Commentary by Robert Bonnie, executive In residence in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
What’s Holding Back Off-Grid Solar — and How the Energy Access Sector Can Turn Things Around
Commentary co-authored by Subhrendu Pattanayak, a professor of environmental and energy policy at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy
Gabon’s Large Trees Store Huge Amounts of Carbon. What Must Be Done to Protect Them
Commentary by John Poulsen, associate professor of tropical ecology
For the Amazon’s Only Wild Dog, Deforestation Is a Very Real Threat
Quotes study co-author Renata Leite Pitman, affiliated scholar in the Nicholas School of the Environment
To Prevent the Next Pandemic, We Might Need to Cut Down Fewer Trees
Covers a new analysis from a team led by scientists at Princeton and Duke universities; quotes co-author Stuart Pimm, a conservation biologist at Duke
Duke University Questions Contamination at Alcoa’s Former Badin Works Site
Reports on a preliminary comment letter issued recently by the Duke University Environmental Law and Policy Clinic
Illuminating Dark Fishing Fleets in North Korea
Features the work of the the Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab (MGEL), located at Duke
Raskin Says U.S. Regulators Are Falling Behind in Assessing Climate Change Threats to the Economy
Quotes Sarah Bloom Raskin, a Rubenstein Fellow at Duke