Gulf War Illness (GWI), which affects approximately 250,000 U.S. veterans, has been found to significantly reduce the ability of white blood cells to make energy and creates a measurable biochemical difference in veterans who have the disease. The finding comes from a physician who noticed GWI symptoms paralleled those of mitochondrial diseases. Analysis revealed significantly lower levels of extracellular acidification and oxygen consumption in the white blood cells of veterans with GWI.
Juliet Wong is a global-change biologist, specifically interested in how climate change affects marine ecosystems and their organisms, working to predict biological responses for improved resilience to adverse environmental events. Wong presented 鈥淥rganismal Responses to Climate Change in the Sea鈥 at the recent faculty research symposium, describing several ongoing studies on coastal marine invertebrates.
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Environmental regulators announced new grants to help researchers investigate how harmful PFAS affect plants and animals in agricultural environments.
Learn more about the wide array of research underway in this series of stories on the Nicholas School of the Environment's annual faculty research symposium held at the Duke Marine Lab.
This panel developed from an organic conversation between an art historian and a marine social scientist about how offering a single definition for justice and equity is impossible. The lack of a
Join us for the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum's 2023 Fall Symposium: Celebrating 50 Years of the Endangered Species Act. The Symposium will feature four exciting speakers 鈥 including lawyers
Please join us for a TIDE Talk on Tuesday, November 7th, at 8:00 pm to hear Dr. Andy Read discuss the plight of the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale in his talk, 鈥 North Atlantic Right Whales in
