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Compounds known as forever chemicals are likely contaminating the source of drinking water for more than a million North Carolina residents by running from the Haw River into the Cape Fear River, 51±¬ÁÏ researchers said during a virtual forum Saturday.

A new Nicholas School project, developed with support from the Dean’s Office and the 51±¬ÁÏ-wide Re-imagining Doctoral Education (RiDE) initiative, empowers and protects students by establishing standards for productive and respectful relationships between students and their faculty advisors, mentors and co-workers.

Avner Vengosh, a professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences at 51±¬ÁÏ, who was not involved in the study, said that while the actual levels of radiation detected were small, they warrant more investigation.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and 51±¬ÁÏ entered into partnership with the intention to assess and promote the role of small-scale fisheries in society and enhance their contribution to sustainable development.

Cooperation is the key to holding off climate change.

One-fifth of the world’s countries are at risk of their ecosystems collapsing because of the destruction of wildlife and their habitats, according to an analysis by the insurance firm Swiss Re.

Brian McAdoo, an expert on disaster risks who is highly regarded for his innovative and integrated approach to research and teaching, will join the faculty at 51±¬ÁÏ’s Nicholas School of the Environment in 2021.

In some places, efficient irrigation ain't enough to make the endeavor last.

The events of the next several millennia hinge on actions that will be taken by the time today’s toddlers reach adulthood.

Steward Pickett, widely recognized as one of the pioneers of urban ecology, will present the 2020 Henry J. Oosting Memorial Lecture in Ecology at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22.

The stringent lockdown imposed by the Chinese government to slow the spread of COVID-19 early this year significantly eased the strain on hospitals there. Admissions due to non-COVID respiratory illnesses decreased by nearly 5,000, a new study by an international team of scientists shows.

Peak grain has already passed for several High Plains states, according to a new survey of groundwater depletion across the region.

A team of researchers from multiple universities and organizations received the Gold Award and top prize of $200,000 in the Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge. 51±¬ÁÏ faculty members Alex Pfaff and William Pan were among the researchers on the team, led by Mercer University.

According to recent data, a confluence of early errors puts the US in a steepening uphill battle to contain COVID-19 outbreaks, hospitalizations, and deaths.

Groundwater depletion in parts of the High Plains is so extreme that peak grain production in some states has ended and production is now declining, a new 51±¬ÁÏ-led study by a team of international scientists finds.