Duke Today Schools Feed https://www.today.duke.edu/ en Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:38:03 -0400 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:56:22 -0500 Duke Flags Lowered: Professor Emeritus Peter Haff, Distinguished Geologist, Dies https://www.today.duke.edu/2024/02/duke-flags-lowered-professor-emeritus-peter-haff-distinguished-geologist-dies <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>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.</p><p>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</p></div> Duke Today https://www.today.duke.edu/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 https://www.today.duke.edu/2023/05/path-carbon-neutral-goes-through-ocean <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Nicholas School of the Environment https://www.today.duke.edu/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. https://www.today.duke.edu/2023/04/earth-awash-plastic-pollution-heres-what-duke-doing-change <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Nicholas School of the Environment https://www.today.duke.edu/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 https://www.today.duke.edu/2023/04/duke-flags-lowered-richard-barber-professor-emeritus-biological-oceanography-dies <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Nicholas School of the Environment https://www.today.duke.edu/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 https://www.today.duke.edu/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 https://www.today.duke.edu/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 https://www.today.duke.edu/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 https://www.today.duke.edu/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 Katul Elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering https://www.today.duke.edu/2023/02/katul-elected-fellow-national-academy-engineering Tightly tying Duke’s environment and engineering schools together for three decades, Katul was recognized for his advances in eco-hydrology and environmental fluid mechanics Pratt School of Engineering https://www.today.duke.edu/2023/02/katul-elected-fellow-national-academy-engineering Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:12:21 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Awards and Honors|Civil and Environmental Engineering|Earth and Ocean Sciences|Faculty|Nicholas School of the Environment|Pratt School of Engineering Duke Marine Lab Aids Dramatic Rescue of Right Whale https://www.today.duke.edu/2023/02/duke-marine-lab-aids-dramatic-rescue-right-whale Staff assist rescue effort to free endangered whale from nets and lobster traps Georgia Wildlife Resources https://www.today.duke.edu/2023/02/duke-marine-lab-aids-dramatic-rescue-right-whale Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:48:39 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Earth and Ocean Sciences|Marine Science and Conservation|Nicholas School of the Environment Why the NC Coast Is the Perfect Lab for Studying Whales https://www.today.duke.edu/2023/02/why-nc-coast-perfect-lab-studying-whales <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Coastal Review https://www.today.duke.edu/2023/02/why-nc-coast-perfect-lab-studying-whales Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:09:56 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Biology|Earth and Ocean Sciences|Faculty|Marine Science and Conservation|Nicholas School of the Environment Nicholas Institute Experts Reflect on COP27 https://www.today.duke.edu/2022/12/nicholas-institute-experts-reflect-cop27 <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Nicholas Institute for Energy https://www.today.duke.edu/2022/12/nicholas-institute-experts-reflect-cop27 Sat, 17 Dec 2022 17:28:24 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Earth and Ocean Sciences|Energy|Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability|Nicholas School of the Environment