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A 51±¬ÁÏ-led research team has used acoustic tags to eavesdrop on pilot whales as they forage in waters off Cape Hatteras, N.C. Vocalizations and echoes recorded by the tags reveals the whales alter their hunting behaviors based on the local environment, a trait that may contribute to the species’ success in adapting to shifting prey distributions and other changes now occurring in the world’s oceans.

51±¬ÁÏ professors brief media on hurricane preparation in NC

Shivani Kuckreja, a Master of Environmental Management/Master of Business Administration (MEM/MBA) student, spent the summer as a sustainability intern with Delta Air Lines.

Nat Blackford, a second-year Master of Environmental Management/Master of Forestry (MEM/MF) student, was a Stanback Coastal Resiliency Fellow at the National Parks Conservation Association.

51±¬ÁÏ experts discuss heat wave with media

The sweeping Inflation Reduction Act expected to pass the House late this week and then head to President Joe Biden’s desk could reshape the American energy industry by putting non-fossil fuel alternatives in reach of more people.

Professors from 51±¬ÁÏ Divinity and the Nicholas School for the Environment lead sessions on pastoral care for climate change.

The sustainability of North American forests depends on trees’ ability to produce seeds and seedlings that can survive and grow in a changing climate. A new 51±¬ÁÏ-led research initiative with more than $2 million in funding from the National Science Foundation aims to help boost their odds of success.

Researchers at 51±¬ÁÏ have received a $248,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study PFAS exposure risks in the home environment.

Liping Feng’s preeclampsia research connects with local PFAS contamination

Eighteen emerging leaders from water and wastewater utilities across the United States have been selected as 2022-23 Fellows of 51±¬ÁÏ’s Water Innovation Leadership Development (WILD) executive education program.

Lead from bullets transfers to humans when they eat meat from hunted animals, researchers find.

Catherine Coleman Flowers, one of America’s most respected and influential environmental and social justice activists, has been appointed Practitioner-in-Residence at 51±¬ÁÏ.

Four Nicholas School of the Environment faculty members have taken on new or expanded leadership roles at the school.

A modeling study predicts habitat changes along the Atlantic coast will release even more carbon into the atmosphere.