Powering a 17-day event that draws thousands of people from around the world is no trivial task, which is why organizers have been planning how to fuel the 2014 Winter Olympics since the Russian city onContinue reading
Category: environmental policy
environmental policy
The Shale Revolution: Why I Give a Frack
I’m from Houston, the largest city in Texas and fourth largest in the United States with a GDP to match. With over 5,000 energy firms doing business in our greater metropolitan area and leading theContinue reading
State of the Union Address on climate
February 3, 2014 Julie Rohde On the night that millions of Americans in the Southeast were hit with the snowstorm of the decade, President Obama addressed the nation: “Climate change is a fact.” Winter StormContinue reading
Fossil Fuel Divestment
I turn the lights on in the bathroom and a slight uneasiness settles over me. I go to Uncle Harry’s, at first excited to see the avocados available for purchase, but ultimately decide against itContinue reading
Biodiversity Hotspots as a Conservation Strategy: Not So “Hot”?
I’ve always loathed the either-or, true-false question that students are often frustrated with. That, however, is the kind of question I faced as a 14-year-old on a father-daughter whitewater-rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. DuringContinue reading
Allison Fox
2014 Trip, CEM, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
2014 Trip, CEM, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, marine studies, oceans, students, travel
Hiking Kaena Point
Aloha from all of us here on Oahu! Our third day of class began bright and early, as we rose before the sun to prepare for our hike to Kaena Point—the westernmost tip of Oahu.Continue reading
The Definition of Insanity: COP19
“We have entered a new era that demands global solidarity in order to fight climate change,” Philippines delegate Naderev Saño declared during the opening statements at the 19th Conference of the Parties for the United NationsContinue reading
Shannon Switzer
alumni, CEM, coasts, conservation, environmental policy, oceans, student life, students, travel
alumni, CEM, coasts, conservation, environmental policy, oceans, student life, students, travel
How to Tag a Shark (and keep all your fingers)
Grad school has been a freight train. Fall break flew by, and we’re registering for spring courses. Which is why I have yet to write about the ScienceOnline conference I attended at the University of MiamiContinue reading
Luli Martinez, Jessie Ritter, Julia Goss, Liza Hoos, Abby Furnish, Ainsley Smith, Xuan Hong
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2013, students, travel
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2013, students, travel
Excerpts from Our Field Journals
“As we were heading back to Isla San Jose we ran into a spectacular sight. We saw thousands of dolphins chasing and forcing sardines Sardinox sagax up to the surface of the sea, and then eatingContinue reading
Fishing Underwater
Here in Kino Bay, in addition to traditional gillnets and handlines, many fishermen are dive fishermen. Popular species targeted by dive fishermen include: lobster, octopus, some reef fish, and penshells (somewhat similar to scallops). For these fishermen,Continue reading