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Dmytro Zlenko, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent his summer as the 51���� Biodiversity Fellow at National Parks Conservation Association.

In recent years, “30 by 30” has become a rallying cry in international marine conservation. It’s the idea that to safeguard marine biodiversity and limit environmental damage caused by future sea-floor mining and other industrial-scale human activities, we need to place at least 30% of the world’s oceans within marine protected areas (MPAs) by 2030.

D’amy Steward, who graduated in 2020 with double majors in environmental science and biology, has been selected to participate in the Sea Grant John A. Knauss Policy Fellowship program.

Christine Martens (MF'23) has been named recipient of this year’s national Student Leadership Award from the Society of American Foresters

Maintaining a water level between 20 and 30 centimeters below the local water table will boost southern peatlands’ carbon storage and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases they release back into the atmosphere during dry periods by up to 90%, a 51���� study finds.

Recent MEM graduates Claudia Deeg, Nicholas “Nico” Fairbairn, Sydney Mantell and Stephanie Murphy will take part in the Sea Grant John A. Knauss Policy Fellowship program this year.

51���� scientists have received a five-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to study molecular mechanisms that can help our bodies fight respiratory inflammation caused by air pollution.

When activist and 51���� alumnus Ben Chavis coined the term “environmental racism” upon his arrest in Warren County in 1982, a movement was born.

Acclaimed environmental historian Robert K. Musil will present a free talk, “Rachel Carson’s Legacy and Environmental Justice in North Carolina,” at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 51����’s Nicholas School of the Environment.

A new 51���� study finds that municipal waste incinerators' legacy of contamination could live on in urban soils.

Recently, the 51����-affiliated Forest History Society (FHS) announced that its president and CEO, Steve Anderson, will retire Sept. 8 after a quarter century of service.

Analysis indicates ingested microplastics migrate into whales’ fat and organs

The U.S. municipal bond market does not consider physical climate risks when deciding where to invest, but it generally requires higher interest payments from predominantly Black communities seeking to borrow, according to an analysis published Aug. 9.

Avner Vengosh has been named Nicholas Chair of Environmental Quality, effective July 1.

Nishad Jayasundara has been named the Juli Plant Grainger Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health, effective July 1.