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Guillermo Ortuño Crespo, a 2020 doctoral graduate of the Nicholas School of the Environment, has been selected to serve as one of four co-leads for the United Nations’ new Early Career Ocean Professional (ECOP) initiative.

The proliferation of pits and ponds created in recent years by miners digging for small deposits of alluvial gold in Peru’s Amazon has dramatically altered the landscape and increased the risk of mercury exposure for indigenous communities and wildlife, a new study shows.

Kendall Jefferys, a 51���� senior majoring in Environmental Sciences & Policy (ESP) and English, has been a named a Rhodes Scholar.

A scientist tracks the dangers of flame retardants, meant to protect children, and why manufacturers cannot seem to stop using them.

A virtual memorial of ribbons on maps of the Atlantic deep seabed could honor the estimated 1.8 million Africans who died at sea during the trans-oceanic slave trade, said a proposal published this month in the Journal of Marine Policy.

Six Nicholas School of the Environment faculty have been named to the 2020 list of the world’s Most Highly Cited Researchers.

A team of 51���� undergraduates launched an interactive website called You Change Earth that aims to end climate defeatism and empower people to fight climate change through personalized action plans tailored to their lives.

Upcoming federal trial of Brevard city official over handling of lead contamination highlights a concern that affects other NC communities.

The Nicholas School has launched a new Individual Development Plan (IDP) this fall to help PhD students ensure they’re on track to succeed, both in terms of graduating on time and acquiring the advanced skills and training needed to achieve their career goals.

As deep-sea mining begins, maps and charts should acknowledge the “Middle Passage” where 1.8 million perished.

Representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and 51���� announced a new partnership that aims to shed more light on small-scale fisheries. The partnership builds on ongoing research collaborations between FAO and 51����’s Nicholas School of the Environment, Marine Lab and Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.

51���� researchers have created a new online resource designed to help local governments, conservation groups, businesses and other stakeholders identify the best technologies to clean up plastic pollution in our oceans or prevent it from getting there in the first place.

Control of the Senate is seen as a linchpin to enacting meaningful climate legislation.

As wildfires continue to rage on the west coast and the Gulf Coast rebuilds from a record hurricane season, the impact of climate change is already being felt. But is it getting the attention it deserves? Drew Shindell, a professor at 51���� joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the link between science and policy, and why climate scientists are struggling to convey their message.

51���� scholars—including Megan Mullin, associate professor of environmental politics—unpack an unprecedented election season during media briefing.