In the first post of a series on the Latitude blog, PLOS is highlighting how peer-reviewed research in its journals is helping to fill knowledge gaps identified by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Featured articles include a June 2022 study, by Nicholas Institute experts Katie Warnell and Lydia Olander and coauthor Carolyn Currin, that models how sea level rise in mid-Atlantic states could drive coastal marshes inland and release carbon in the process.

Countries around the world are experiencing record-breaking heat and other unprecedented extreme weather events, such as floods and wildfires. Jackson Ewing, Nicholas Institute director of energy and climate policy, joined an expert panel on CGTN's "World Insight with Tian Wei" to discuss whether rising temperatures are the "new normal" and how communities across the world can adapt.

A new Nicholas Institute report scores how well states account for extreme heat in their most recent federally mandated hazard mitigation plans. The report also offers recommendations to help state emergency managers adequately evaluate the threat of extreme heat as they update their plans.

Heat exposure has killed more people in the US than any other weather-related event over the past 30 years. More effective warning systems can inform people most at risk when they should take steps to protect themselves, Ashley Ward writes in a commentary for STAT.

Last week, former FEMA administrator Brock Long spoke with Duke and UNC faculty and students about the urgency of revisiting the mission and role of FEMA in the face of the climate crisis.

The Conservation Trust for North Carolina and the Nicholas Institute have designed a pair of online tools for conservation organizations and land trusts to evaluate the benefits of North Carolina's natural and working lands to climate resilience, adaptation and mitigation.

Successfully tackling climate change and its impacts will require rethinking the roles of public agencies and the private sector, argues Nicholas Institute expert Ashley Ward in a commentary at The Hill.

Duke University had a robust presence at COP27, as scholars and students actively engaged with global decision makers. Nicholas Institute experts who were on the ground in Egypt share their thoughts on the outcomes of the conference.

Duke community members, including many from the Nicholas Institute, are playing leading roles in forming global partnerships and guiding decisions on climate issues at the annual climate change conference in Egypt.

Over $36 million in initial gifts will launch the Duke Climate Commitment, a new university-wide initiative focused on addressing climate change.