Oceans Week at Duke Highlights

Advancing Ocean Conservation, Climate Action and Sustainable Blue Economies

Signs of progress: Coastal ecosystems that protect communities from hurricanes are now being treated as insurance mechanisms. A treaty exists to end harmful fishing subsidies worldwide. And a legal framework is in place to protect the high seas, which cover most of the planet.

Research is driving applied solutions and systemic change, said John Bohorquez, ope …

Opportunity: Director of Research Innovation and Advancement

Position Title:               Director of Research Innovation and Advancement

Appointment:               Joint Administrative and Faculty Appointment

Institution:                     Duke Univers …

Climate Profile: Jackson Ewing

“Leading this class is one of the coolest parts of my job,” says Jackson Ewing, Director of Energy and Climate Policy at the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability. The class is a practicum course focused around the United Nations Framework Convention …

Climate Profile: Brian Silliman

“Study nature, not books,” is one of ecologist Brian Silliman’s guiding principles and favorite phrases. It’s a quote from 19th-century naturalist Louis Agassiz that is (wonderfully, hilariously) on a sign outside a library at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. That’s not to say Silliman doesn’t also love books. The Rachel Carson Distinguished Professor of Marine Conservation Biology and Director of …

Climate Profile: Juliet Wong

“I love marine invertebrates so much. They are just so cool and interesting. And I just want other people to love them too.” 

Clearly, it is difficult to overstate how passionate Juliet Wong is about her work and her research as part of the Duke Marine Lab. The love of the ocean and its creatures started early for her.