Climate Change

Women's basketball team in recycled shooting shirts.
The women’s basketball team wore Nike shooting shirts made of 100% recycled polyester, which is composed from plastic bottles which are cleaned, shredded into flakes, converted into pellets, and then spun into a high-quality yarn. Photo by Duke Athletics

February 8, 2025

A Slam Dunk for a Sustainable Environment

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stream runs through Duke Forest
Duke Forest is not just a popular public recreation area; it's a place for climate professionals to conduct research that advances our understanding of environmental change. Photo by Kirsten Khire

January 17, 2025

Telling the Story of the Duke Climate Commitment

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Orrin Pilkey, center, on beach dune with students

December 17, 2024

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Duke students gather on their last day of classes before the COP conference

November 13, 2024

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Sim Chi Yin, Shifting Sands #1, 2017. Archival pigment on paper, 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist. © Sim Chi Yin. 2 / 2 125%
Sim Chi Yin, Shifting Sands #1, 2017. Archival pigment on paper, 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm). Courtesy of
the artist. © Sim Chi Yin.

August 28, 2024

Picturing the Anthropocene

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Photo of electric lines in sweltering heat

August 15, 2024

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Climate pollution reduction grants from the US EPA

July 23, 2024

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This is the Mercato San Severino section of the Toarcian Ocean Anoxic Event. The quarry, which is located in southern Italy, contains limestones deposited around 183 million years ago. By measuring trace concentrations of uranium in the limestone - and specifically the ratio of naturally-occurring uranium isotopes – the research team was able to estimate the change in ocean oxygen levels through this well-known, but previously poorly quantified, ocean anoxic event.

June 28, 2024

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