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From the Dean

Join Me in Celebrating the Nicholas School of the Environment’s 30th Anniversary

“This year we celebrate 30 years of creating science and knowledge, cultivating environmental leaders, and making impact in the world. As I look ahead, I see 30 more years of scientific discovery and solutions for our future as we drive narratives of possibility for what we can achieve together.”

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Celebrating 30 years

Climate Research Breakthroughs

Climate change is the major challenge currently facing our planet. These remarkable breakthroughs in climate science from the Nicholas School’s last 30 years offer a glimmer of hope for tomorrow.

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Celebrating 30 years

Technology & Biotechnology Research Breakthroughs

Stretching their imagination: researchers develop new technologies for data collection and species mapping; uses for algae that go beyond biofuel and create biofeed for livestock.

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Celebrating 30 years

Environmental & Human Health Research Breakthroughs

Super sleuths uncover the dangers hiding in our drinking water, the soil, and the air we breathe, and how flame retardants are more harmful than helpful.

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Celebrating 30 years

Earth & Ecosystem Processes Research Breakthroughs

Recasting long-held assumptions about environmental processes in wildfires, shoreline changes, soil, and the sea has been made possible through groundbreaking research data, gained in the era of the technosphere.

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Celebrating 30 years

Ecology & Conservation Research Breakthroughs

For these groundbreaking scientists, caring for endangered species and conserving their wild habitats will never go extinct. Top down or bottom up, their work has made a huge difference in the areas of ecology and conservation.

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Celebrating 30 years

Resource Management Research Breakthroughs

Discovering how to manage our natural resources through abundance and scarcity is the key to their, and our, very survival. And making sure our methodologies are up to snuff is just as important.

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Celebrating 30 years

Teaching & Outreach Innovations

Creating pathways to knowledge and opportunities for hands-on learning, these imaginative teachers have helped engage minds and ignite many careers through our 30 years.

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