Fall 2009 - Log
Log stories from the Fall 2009 Issue of Dukenvironment Magazine
Special Student Awards
Virlis L. Fischer Award, Sara LaBoskey Award and Thomas V. Laska Memorial Award given to graduates.
Personally Speaking: Breathtaking and Wounded
Despite the Rough, Natural Inhospitableness of Antarctica, Human Industry has had an Unprecedented Impact on its Environment
Statistically SPEAKING
Because we’re rarely far from a well-stocked supermarket or convenient drive-thru, many Americans aren’t aware of the worrisome trend toward monoculture in our agricultural ecosystems. But the loss of diversity in the plants we eat should give us all food for thought.
Mangroves Save Lives in Storms, Study of 1999 Super Cyclone Finds
A new study of storm-related deaths from a super cyclone that hit the eastern coast of India in 1999 finds that villages shielded from the storm surge by mangrove forests experienced significantly fewer deaths than ones that were less protected.
Assessing the Pros and Cons of Geoengineering to Fight Climate Change
Geoengineering techniques aim to slow global warming through the use of human-made changes to the Earth’s land, seas or atmosphere. But new research shows that the use of geoengineering to do environmental good may cause other environmental harm.
Wyatt Hartman Receives Dean’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper
Dean Bill Chameides presented the second annual Dean’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Manuscript to Wyatt H. Hartman at the Nicholas School’s recognition ceremony in May.
40 Nicholas School Faculty and Students Presented Research at 2009 ESA Meeting
Forty faculty members, research associates and students from the Nicholas School presented findings from new research at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), the year’s most important ecological science conference in August in Albuquerque, N.M.
Public Trust Doctrine Could Aid Management of U.S. Oceans
Since Congress lifted a moratorium on offshore drilling last year, federal lawmakers have grappled with the issue of how best to regulate U.S. ocean waters to allow oil, wave and wind energy development, while sustainably managing critical fisheries and marine animal habitats.
New Policy Brief Reviews Options for Improving U.S. Residential Energy Efficiency
The American Clean Energy and Security Act, recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, contains multiple provisions designed to improve residential energy efficiency.
