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view all news >in the news: Blue Carbon Discussed at Rio+20 Planning Session
— May 14, 2012The Nicholas Institute's David Gordon recently presented the Institute's work on blue carbon in a Rio+20 planning session.
in the news: Grants and Contracts Awarded to Duke Faculty in April
— May 03, 2012Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions staff were among the individuals listed in a roundup of grants awarded to Duke scholars in April.
in the news: GIST from the Mill: Duke Data Used to Create iPhone App
— May 01, 2012An iPhone app that helps users visualize their carbon footprint uses data from a Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions study to run portions of the program. The story was featured in the magazine, GIST from the Mill
in the news: Duke Opens Office in Washington, D.C.
— Apr 26, 2012Duke University has opened a permanent office in Washington, D.C. to facilitate classes and other events. The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions is among the units that will occupy offices within the facility.
in the news: Blue Economy Can Protect Mediterranean Sea
— Mar 05, 2012Linwood Pendleton, director of ocean and coastal policy at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, is quoted in this Global Perspectives Magazine story about a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme. Pendleton is one of the report contributors.
in the news: Podcast: Study Shows California's Ecosystems and Economy Take Hit From Climate Change
— Feb 10, 2012A study by Duke University, the Environmental Defense Fund, and other entities suggests that a warmer California will likely be a drier California, making it harder for forests and rangelands and other ecosystems to develop as they have previously. The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions’ Linwood Pendleton and his study co-author Rebecca Shaw were guests on an hour-long broadcast on the NPR affiliated radio program, Jefferson Exchange.
news release: Researchers to Discuss Study on California Ecosystems Tuesday
— Feb 06, 2012Tuesday, the Nicholas Institute’s Linwood Pendleton will join his Environmental Defense Fund co-author as guests on a Jefferson Public Radio show. The hour-long broadcast will go over the findings from their recent peer-reviewed study on California ecosystems, now out in the scientific journal Climatic Change.
news release: Group Focused on Blue Carbon Policy Features Institute Researchers
— Feb 03, 2012Preserving and restoring coastal habitats, such as mangroves and salt marshes, could be an important step to curbing climate change. Two Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions' researchers are among the members of the International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group, tasked with addressing the global significance of climate change mitigation through the protection of these carbon-storing habitats.
in the news: UN: Shift to a Green Economy Could Reduce Poverty
— Jan 26, 2012Linwood Pendleton, director of ocean and coastal policy at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, is quoted in this Business Mirror story on the launch of a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme.
in the news: Climate Change Could Cost California’s Ranching and Timber Industries Over $200 Million a Year
— Jan 24, 2012The destruction of ecosystems necessary to sustain California’s ranching and timber industries could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars per year by 2070. Think Progress shares the details from a study, published in the journal Climatic Change, that is co-authored by a Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions researcher.
in the news: California’s Rangeland Could Take a Hit from Climate Change
— Jan 23, 2012California’s ranchers could face a tougher economic future under climate change as the grasslands they depend on to feed their cattle could shrink by almost 40 percent by the end of the century. Article cites a peer-reviewed study Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and others that details the outlook for the state.
in the news: Climate Change Threatens Calif. Economy by Drying up Ecosystems – Report
— Jan 23, 2012Global warming could dry up portions of California's grasslands and forests, posing a threat to the state's economy, according to a study published in Climatic Change. Article quotes Ocean and Coastal Policy Director Linwood Pendleton, study co-author.
in the news: Home, Home … on Less Range
— Jan 23, 2012Climate change is likely to harm California’s economy by reducing the types of natural, non-irrigated vegetation available for livestock forage and the ability of forest ecosystems to store carbon dioxide, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the scientific journal Climatic Change. Linwood Pendleton, director of oceans and coastal policy at the Nicholas Institute, comments in this New York Times article.
in the news: Climate Change Threatens California Economy by Changing Ecosystems
— Jan 21, 2012Climate change is likely to harm California’s economy by reducing the types of natural, non-irrigated vegetation available for livestock forage and the ability of forest ecosystems to store carbon dioxide, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the scientific journal Climatic Change. Linwood Pendleton, director of oceans and coastal policy at the Nicholas Institute, comments in this article in the Sacramento Bee.
in the news: Climate Change Threatens California Economy by Changing Ecosystems
— Jan 20, 2012Climate change is likely to harm California’s economy by reducing the types of natural, non-irrigated vegetation available for livestock forage and the ability of forest ecosystems to store carbon dioxide, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the scientific journal Climatic Change. Linwood Pendleton, director of oceans and coastal policy at the Nicholas Institute, comments via Reuters.
in the news: Climate Change Threatens California Economy by Changing Ecosystems
— Jan 20, 2012Linwood Pendleton, director of oceans and coastal policy at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, comments on changing ecosystems in California in this MarketWatch article.
in the news: California’s Economy Under Threat from Changing Ecosystem
— Jan 20, 2012Climate change is likely to harm California’s economy by reducing the types of natural, non-irrigated vegetation available for livestock forage and the ability of forest ecosystems to store carbon dioxide, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the scientific journal Climatic Change. Linwood Pendleton, director of oceans and coastal policy at the Nicholas Institute, comments in this Western Farm Press article.
news release: Climate Change Threatens California Economy by Changing Ecosystems
— Jan 19, 2012Climate change is likely to harm California’s economy by reducing the types of natural, non-irrigated vegetation available for livestock forage and the ability of forest ecosystems to store carbon dioxide, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the scientific journal Climatic Change.
in the news: Journal "Climatic Change" Reports on California's Ecosystem Services
— Jan 18, 2012Ecosystem Commons makes mention of two journal articles co-authored by Linwood Pendleton, director of ocean and coastal policy at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.
in the news: New App Tracks Environmental Impact
— Jan 08, 2012Want to know how you’re affecting the environment? The Herald Sun shares how a new iPhone app that helps users visualize their carbon footprint uses data from a study by Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment to run portions of the program.
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