In the depths of the Amazon rainforest, trees may be quietly recording one of the region’s most persistent environmental threats: mercury pollution from gold mining. A new study in Frontiers in Environmental Science shows, for the first time, that tropical trees can store a […]
With virtually each passing day of the new administration, our nation has seen major shifts in federal governance, and environmental regulation is certainly facing rapid change. Executive Director Stan Meiburg, who capped his 39-year career with the EPA as Acting Deputy Administrator under President Obama, […]
Faculty Affiliate Ovidiu Csillik published two recent papers highlighting the role of remote sensing in improving our understanding of how tropical forests are responding to climate change dynamics. “Environmental drivers of spatial variation in tropical forest canopy height: Insights from NASA’s GEDI spaceborne LiDAR.” […]
Global mercury expert leads world-class lab in the middle of the Amazon Sabin Center Fellow Claudia Vega, who heads up CINCIA’s Mercury Program, has just been announced as a 2025 TED Fellow. Trained as an analytical chemist and a wildlife veterinarian, Vega’s work illuminates […]
Senior Fellow Luis Fernandez co-authors major new report from Conservation X Labs With the price of gold exceeding $3,000 per ounce, solutions to ensure responsible sourcing of the precious metal are increasingly urgent. Sabin Center Senior Fellow and Wake Forest Research Professor Luis Fernandez recently […]
What is a “Flash Drought” and how does it explain the current Carolina Wildfires? Board Member Lauren Lowman, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, and Nick Corak, a Ph.D. Candidate in Physics at Wake Forest University, shared a helpful explainer in The Conversation on the […]
Di Vittorio sheds light on the science behind water’s many colors Water’s infinite hues, from captivating crystal-clear blues to sometimes off-putting murky browns, are influenced by a complex interplay of physics, biology, and chemistry. Faculty Affiliate Dr. Courtney Di Vittorio, an engineer who studies water […]
Research Update Board Member Lauren Lowman and PhD Candidate Nicholas Corak of Wake’s Environmental Dynamics Lab, together with Peter E. Thornton of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have published a paper in Scientific Data: “A high resolution, gridded product for vapor pressure deficit using […]
Join us for this essential conversation. We’re excited to welcome two extraordinary EPA leaders to campus this Spring. Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator to President Obama and National Climate Advisor to President Biden, will deliver a public address reflecting lessons learned over a lifetime of service […]
Last week, Stan Meiburg appeared on NPR’s 1A as part of their Dot Gov series, which explores the inner workings of the federal government. In the January 15 episode, Meiburg offered an inside look at the EPA’s daily operations, highlighting its critical role in […]
