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Emily Nagamoto, an Earth & Climate Sciences major, recently shared insights into why she chose to major in ECS, what she's learned, her favorite experience and advice for students considering the major or ECS coursework.

Emma Shuppert, a Marine Science and Conservation major, recently shared insights into why she chose to major in MARSCI, what she has learned, her favorite experience and advice for students considering the major or Marine Science and Conservation coursework.

Andrew Read, director of the 51���� Marine Lab, was confirmed by voice vote in the Senate on Thursday to be commissioner of the Marine Mammal Commission (MMC).

New GIS-enabled analysis by a 51���� researcher maps what the far-reaching impacts to international trade and shipping could be if any of the world’s 11 busiest marine chokepoints, or shipping straits, are closed due to politics, piracy, vessel accidents, or other causes. Knowing in advance what to expect will help businesses and governments better navigate unexpected closures and reduce disruptions to international trade and global supply chains.

Ashley Hillard, a first-year student in the 51���� Environmental Leadership Master of Environmental Management (DEL-MEM) program, recently shared insights into why she's pursuing her degree, how she balances her studies while continuing her career and how she's applying what she's learning at work.

Sixteen rising leaders from water and wastewater utilities across the United States have graduated from 51����’s Water Innovation Leadership Development (WILD) executive education program.

The Master of Forestry (MF) program at 51����’s Nicholas School of the Environment has earned reaccreditation by the Society of American Foresters (SAF) through 2032.

51���� Associate Professor Dalia Patino-Echeverri is leading a multi-institutional research project to make the energy grid of the future – with a mix of more sustainable energy sources – adapt and change with conditions.

A new study by researchers at 51���� and WWF aimed to accurately track the expansion and retraction of small ephemeral water bodies from the wet to dry seasons across the KAZA region.

Sand mining happens on every inhabited continent and at nearly every conceivable scale. Some of it is legal; much of it is not. A new book from 51���� Press, “Vanishing Sands: Losing Beaches to Mining,” casts light on the shadowy world of sand mining through case studies that illuminate its disastrous impacts and a concluding chapter that proposes common-sense solutions.

Fanny Yang, a second-year student in the 51���� Environmental Leadership Master of Environmental Management (DEL-MEM) program, recently shared insights into why she's pursuing her degree, how she balances her studies while working a full-time job and how she's applying what she's learning at work.

72% of Earth’s largest companies have pledged to reduce their plastic waste. A new study surveys what they’re doing (or not) to fulfill those promises.

A new analysis by researchers from 15 institutions evaluates barriers that have hindered the implementation of early warning systems intended to help local health officials predict and proactively respond to outbreaks of climate-related diseases in the Tropics. The researchers use knowledge and tools from the field of implementation science to propose a four-step, science-based framework for overcoming these barriers and enhancing the success of the early warning systems.

Several 51���� experts and students are in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to take part in the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (Nov. 6-18), also known as COP27.

The Park Institute of America has named Nicholas School of the Environment alumnus Tyler Sammis, DEL-MEM ’20, as its first executive director.