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NIEHS Awards $11.7 Million Grant to Duke Superfund Research Center
The five-year grant renewal will support five new or newly refocused research projects investigating the long-term health impacts of early life exposures to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and toxic metals such as lead, which are two of the most common classes of hazardous contaminants found in areas with a legacy of industrial pollution.
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Boosting Early Warnings for Climate-related Diseases
A new analysis co-led by Bill Pan identifies barriers that have hindered the implementation of early warning systems intended to help health officials predict and proactively respond to outbreaks of climate-related diseases. Bill and his co-authors propose a four-step, science-based framework for overcoming these barriers and enhancing the success of the early warning systems.
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How Local News Can Influence Infrastructure Spending
Knowing that voters have seen news reports about problems caused by failing public infrastructure in their district makes local officials who face competitive re-elections more inclined to support new spending to repair or replace the aging structures, a new study co-led by Megan Mullin shows.
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Using Drones to Measure Ocean Color
PhD student Patrick Gray is lead author of a new paper that shows unoccupied aircraft systems—aka drones—can be an accurate and cost-effective tool for monitoring and measuring ocean color, an important indicator of water quality, ocean biogeochemistry and marine health. Dave Johnston, Zachary Johnson, Julian Dale, PhD alum Greg Larsen, and MEM alum Anna Windle were co-authors.
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Saving Lives in Africa
More than 800,000 premature deaths a year could be avoided in Africa if leaders there act now to cut air pollution and slow climate change, according to a report issued at COP27 by an international team of researchers including Drew Shindell, postdoc Luke Parsons, and undergrad Earth & Climate Sciences major Emily Nagamoto.
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Finding Solutions To Plastic Pollution
Members of the Duke University Plastic Pollution Working Group recently published two studies in Frontiers in Marine Science: “A Framework for Inland Cities to Prevent Marine Debris: A Case Study from Durham, North Carolina” and “A Transdisciplinary Approach to Reducing Global Plastic Pollution.” More articles are forthcoming. Members of the transdisciplinary group include Meagan Dunphy-Daly, Zoie Diana, Jenna Seagle, Jason Somarelli, John Virdin, Michelle Nowlin, Nancy Lauer, Rachel Karasik, Greg Merrill, Margaret Morrison, Kimberly Corcoran, Dan Vermeer, Evan Hepler-Smith, Nishad Jayasundara, Jeremy Pare, William Eward, and Daniel Rittschof.
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Boyd Contributes to National Academy Report
PhD student Anjali Boyd, an early career liaison to the U.S. National Committee for the Ocean Decade, was recently appointed to serve on a National Academy of Sciences committee that was charged with identifying innovative interdisciplinary marine science research concepts to advance sustainable ocean development. That report, “Cross-Cutting Themes for U.S. Contributions to the UN Ocean Decade,” has been published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
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PhD student Perrin Hagge is blogging about his recent field work in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. Perrin, who is one of Nicolas Cassar’s students, is studying how climate change is affecting nitrogen cycling and carbon sequestration in tundra environments in Greenland, Alaska, Canada, Norway and Iceland. 📸: Perrin Hagge
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Nicholas School researchers—led by Paul Baker—are assessing the geothermal potential of the Durham Basin by drilling a 400-foot-deep hole on Duke’s campus. The project is providing students in the ECS 590 graduate course, taught by Peter Malin, hands-on experience at the drill site.
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DUKE ENVIRONMENT IN THE NEWS
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"The Clean Water Act largely worked. While it isn’t perfect, and we still have polluted waters, it’s important to remember what the situation was like before. Industrial and municipal wastewater was being dumped into streams, rivers and lakes in many places without any treatment."
-Martin Doyle, professor of river systems science and policy, discussing the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act in Duke Today
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