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A partnership between 51���� and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the new concurrent Master of Environmental Management/Master of City and Regional Planning provides training to those seeking to solve environmental issues within an urban context.

"The Invention and Consequences of Race" will be open to 300 students and include instruction from more than a dozen 51���� faculty.

Using drones and artificial intelligence to monitor large colonies of seabirds can be as effective as traditional on-the-ground methods while reducing costs, labor and the risk of human error, a new study finds.

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.

Joel Dunn (MEM’04) Helps Create America’s First National Marine Sanctuary in 20 Years

Spring brings hope. This year, it also brings optimism that after the COVID pandemic finally recedes there will be once-in-a-generation opportunities to make significant climate progress, if we act when we have the chance.

Shannon Switzer Swanson MEM'15 hosts the documentary, “The Last Drop.”

Starting this fall, 51���� undergraduates will be able to pursue degrees at the Nicholas School in two new majors: Earth and Climate Sciences (ECS), and Marine Science & Conservation (MSC).

Before deep-sea mining begins on the seafloor in international waters of the Atlantic Basin, a group of scholars is advocating that a portion of the seabed there be recognized as a virtual memorial to victims of the slave trade.

Recent 51���� grad Alexandra DiGiacomo (BS ’20) is using drones to better understand how rising seas, warming waters and rapid development are killing protective saltmarshes at our coast, and what can be done to reverse the losses.

Sixteen years after the restoration of Upper Sandy Creek began, hundreds of species, some rare, now call the once-heavily eroded and degraded stream home, and nitrogen pollution flowing off 51����’s campus into downstream waters has been slashed by 75%.

The 51���� Aquafarm is 51����’s other “campus farm,” where students grow oysters instead of produce and learn how the tasty bivalves could help take a bite out of coastal pollution.

A new study shows that after listening to student presentations or watching student-produced videos about ocean plastics pollution and other garbage in North Carolina waters, local officials and voters reported feeling greater concern about the issue.

Thirteen Nicholas School of the Environment undergraduate students will present their senior theses, a core component of earning Graduation with Distinction honors.

Ocean mammals are at a crossroads, with some species at risk of extinction and others showing signs of recovery, a new study by an international team of researchers shows.