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Nicolas Cassar and Brian McAdoo, faculty members within the Nicholas School of the Environment’s Division of Earth and Climate Sciences, have received named chair titles from the Bass Society of Fellows for excellence in undergraduate teaching and scholarship.

Much of the world’s lithium occurs in salty waters with fundamentally different chemistry than other naturally saline waters like the ocean, according to a new study published in Science Advances. The finding has implications for lithium mining technologies and wastewater assessment and management.

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.

Earlier this month, the Spanish government announced it will be banning outdoor work during periods of extreme heat. The decision follows the death of a street cleaner from heat stroke while working during a heatwave in Madrid last summer.

Tesla and other U.S. automakers are struggling to compete with cheaper Chinese alternatives for electric vehicles as consumer demand for them has taken a dip in recent months, hurting the outlook for the transition away from traditional combustion engines.

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.