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The rapid industrialization of our oceans is bringing new challenges—but also new opportunities—for promoting sustainable economic growth while protecting vulnerable communities and environments and enhancing their climate resilience. That was the takeaway of the inaugural Blue Economy Summit, a student-led conference hosted by the Oceans@Duke ���Ĵ�ý Cabinet on March 18 and 19.

What motivates the next generation of environmental leaders? For Avery Davis Lamb it’s the conviction that stewardship is a fundamental expression of faith and the belief that faith communities can be agents of change.

What motivates the next generation of environmental leaders? For Cameron Oglesby it’s a love of nature and a desire to root out environmental racism so all people can connect with the natural landscape and equitably reap its benefits.

Even the king cobra is “vulnerable.” More than 1 in 5 species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to a comprehensive new assessment of thousands of species published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

With a highly contagious avian flu killing millions of birds across a nation still coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, weary residents may not want to hear that climate change is greatly increasing the risk of new disease outbreaks.

A forest’s ability to regenerate after devastating wildfires, droughts or other disturbances depends largely on seed production. Findings from two new studies led by ���Ĵ�ý researchers could boost recovery and replanting after these disasters by providing foresters with new guidance on which tree species produce more seeds and how their productivity can vary from location to location.

Tens of millions of Indians are struggling to cope with a relentless heatwave, with temperatures reaching record highs.

President Biden gave an executive order to protect old-growth forests. The trees can be hundreds — if not thousands — of years old, and play vital roles in local ecosystems and the world environment.

Critics are skeptical about the idea of reintroducing certain species without reducing carbon emissions

The Nicholas School of the Environment and the ���Ĵ�ý Marine Lab honored four outstanding graduating seniors with special awards today during the school’s graduation recognition event for undergraduates.