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William Schlesinger
May 29, 2023 William Schlesingerbiodiversity, conservation, faculty

What is a species?

Implementation of the Endangered Species Act is crucially dependent upon what constitutes a species. 

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William Schlesinger
May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 William Schlesingercarbon sequestration, environmental policy, faculty, forests, natural habitat

Embrace old growth

Replacing old forests with young forests to increase carbon sequestration is a fool’s errand. 

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William Schlesinger
May 1, 2023 William Schlesingeragriculture, climate, environmental health, faculty

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble

When the environmental temperature rises above body temperature, the body must dissipate heat via evaporative cooling—i.e., sweating. 

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William Schlesinger
April 17, 2023 William Schlesingerfaculty, land use, natural habitat, urban ecology

What’s in a Road Name?

Perhaps land developers are poking fun at us

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Elizabeth A. Albright
April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 Elizabeth A. AlbrightUncategorized

Mitigating the Volume of GenX and other Harmful PFAS Chemicals in the Cape Fear River

by Kate Silver On June 8th, 2017, the Star News, Wilmington, North Carolina’s leading news source, published an article reporting that the primary drinking water source, the Cape Fear River, was tainted with high levelsContinue reading

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William Schlesinger
April 3, 2023 William Schlesingerbiodiversity, faculty, forests, natural habitat

Deerly Beloved

When we manipulate one component of an ecosystem, such as predators, unknown consequences show up…

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eb371@duke.edu
March 23, 2023 eb371@duke.eduUncategorized

Poaching: Not Black and White

Laurence Kruger talked about how poaching and conservation is not a clear black and white issue. Rather than just being greedy, many poachers suffer from low income and try to figure out ways to survive.Continue reading

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eb371@duke.edu
March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 eb371@duke.eduUncategorized

Babies, Babies, Babies!

A pregnant gerbil was first captured by a D trap, and the day after it was captured again by a B trap at the same site (which is about 20 m away). The mother gerbilContinue reading

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eb371@duke.edu
March 20, 2023March 21, 2023 eb371@duke.eduUncategorized

Welcome to the world Gnu!

During one of the game drives, we stumbled across a recent birth of an African buffalo!! We watched the amniotic sack come out of the mother and watched the little ones first steps. Such aContinue reading

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eb371@duke.edu
March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 eb371@duke.eduUncategorized

Seed Disperser or Seed Predator?

One of the experiments students conducted was exploring the distance a seed is for a squirrel to be a seed disperser or predator. Marula nuts are a fan favorite among squirrels in South Africa. TheseContinue reading

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