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Cisco Tomasino, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent his summer as a sustainability intern at Trimble.

In Sri Lanka, a rash of kidney disease is affecting farmers who grow rice in marshy parts of the island. Nishad Jayasundara is working with an interdisciplinary team of environmental and health researchers to unravel how climate change and water contamination may be driving the rise in kidney problems.

Get connected with what’s happening in the 51±¬ÁÏ climate community during special events held Sept. 29-30, 2022.

Fossil-fueled electrical grid’s enormous water use is often overlooked.

Emily Bernhardt, James B. 51±¬ÁÏ Distinguished Professor and chair of Biology, was elected as an American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow. Bernhardt, who is also a professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment, is an ecologist and a biogeochemist. Her research looks at the impact of land use and climate change on the structure and function of watershed and freshwater ecosystems.

A 51±¬ÁÏ event celebrates the movement's North Carolina birth and its legacy

Climate change threatens species worldwide. At the Nicholas School, we’re creating new geospatial tools that boost their odds of survival.

Faculty work with local partners on environmental justice and sustainability issues

Anjali Balakrishna, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent the summer at Microsoft as a program manager intern working on projects related to renewable energy and environmental justice.

Meilin Chan, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent the summer at Weyerhaeuser as a corporate sustainability intern.

Rewetting and restoring 250,000 acres of southern pocosin peatlands that had been drained for farming but now lie fallow could prevent 4.3 million tons of climate-warming carbon dioxide, now stored in their soils, from oxidizing and escaping back into Earth’s atmosphere each year, a 51±¬ÁÏ study shows. That amount equals 2.4% of the total annual reductions in CO2 emissions needed for the United States to be carbon neutral by 2050.

Mixing toxic coal ash into acid mine drainage may sound like an odd recipe for an environmental solution, but a new 51±¬ÁÏ-led study finds that it can neutralize the drainage’s dangerously low pH and help reduce harmful impacts on downstream ecosystems—if you use the right type of ash. Using the wrong type of ash can create new contamination and not tame the drainage’s extreme acidity.

Malkie Wall, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent her summer as an Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Climate Corps Fellow at Boston Scientific.

Natalie Dixon, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent the summer as a surfonomics intern with the Surf Conservation Partnership.

Natasha Jacob, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent her summer at The Wilderness Society as a Stanback Water Pathways Fellow.