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Prescribed Fire: Balancing Public Health and Land Management Goals
(2022-05-22)Fire is a critical component of many natural disturbance regimes in the southeastern United States; however, a century of fire suppression policies has disrupted many such regimes and severely degraded ecosystems throughout ... -
Community Flood Assessment for Bucksport, South Carolina
(2022-04-22)Bucksport, South Carolina has experienced recurring high-impact flood events in the past decade that threaten local property, public health, and cultural heritage. This report aims to support the resilience of the community ... -
Financial Analysis of the Business Case for an Affordability Environmental Impact Bond
(2022-04-22)Public water utilities are challenged with maintaining affordable rate structures while facing increasingly strict regulatory requirements and rising operational, maintenance, and energy costs. Increased costs may be passed ... -
Challenges and Opportunities for a Clean Energy Future: A Case Study in the Carolinas
(2022-04-22)In the 2020 Integrated Resource Plans of Duke Energy Progress and Duke Energy Carolinas, the utility established a goal of reaching 70% greenhouse gas emissions reductions from 2005 levels by 2030 and carbon neutrality by ... -
Are National Parks Islands? A Comparative Biodiversity Approach
(2022-04-22)This project was a case study undertaken on behalf of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA). NPCA is a national non-profit organization that advocates for the protection and enhancement of the National Park ... -
The Business Travel Carbon Footprint: Spend-Based Measurement and Benchmarking Exercise
(2022-04-22)In the face of inadequate international governmental action to prevent climate change, many multinational companies have begun to measure and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Scope 1, 2, and, less commonly, Scope ... -
AN ANALYSIS OF GREEN HYDROGEN TO AMMONIA MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
(2022-04-22)Building off a previous internship with a large renewable energy company, this Masters Project analyzes the additional cost for conversion, transportation, and cracking of hydrogen to ammonia. Previous work for the client ... -
Climate and Conservation: Site Prioritization in the North Carolina Coastal Plains
(2022-04-22)Land trusts are typically focused on preserving land for the purposes of recreation, education, and biodiversity. Recently, however, many land trusts have begun to see their rationale extending beyond these traditional goals ... -
Damming Uncertainty: Creating Accurate and Resilient Models for Inflow Forecasting
(2022-04-22)On the border between Paraguay and southern Brazil lies the Itaipu Binacional Dam, the world’s second largest hydroelectric dam. Both countries contributed to the construction of the dam, which began in 1971. The dam started ... -
Reducing Waste in the Built Environment
(2022-04-22)In 2018, the United States generated over 600 million tons of construction and demolition waste, fueled by increasing housing demand and a lack of viable recycling markets. This problem is acute in the Triangle, where 4,700 ... -
Virtual Reality and Its Application in Environmental Education
(2022-04-22)This paper introduces the basis of virtual reality (VR), describes the benefits of applying virtual reality technology in environmental education, and presents a 360° VR product that focused on whales in Antarctica. According ... -
RED WOLF CONSERVATION IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
(2022-04-22)The critically endangered red wolf is the focus of a long-standing recovery effort. How climate change might affect it is unknown. Sea-level rise will greatly restrict its current habitat site. Several other threats pressure ... -
Ecosystem Service Analysis of Duke Forest
(2022-04-22)Our team was tasked with evaluating the quantitative and monetary value of ecosystem services offered by the Duke Forest. Our client, the Duke Forest, manages and actively harvests 7,100 acres of timberlands used for research, ... -
Commercializing Kelp: Marketing and Growth Strategies for the Crop of the Future
(2022-04-22)Domestic kelp as a cultivated crop and as a consumer good in the US faces a variety of hurdles as it scales to meet the demands of the US market. Atlantic Sea Farms (ASF) has led the way in establishing kelp in the US and ... -
Impact of Ecosystem Services Loss to Macroeconomic Productivity
(2022-04-22)Ecosystem service losses pose an enormous threat not only to the environment, but also to businesses and society. The Duke student team helped its client, Ortec Finance, assess frameworks around ecosystem service losses ... -
Early recovery of river herring spawning habitat use in response to a large-scale dam removal
(2022-04-22)Historical loss of river and stream habitats due to impassable dams has contributed to the severe decline of many fish species. Anadromous fishes that migrate from the sea to freshwater streams to spawn have been especially ... -
Evaluating Compliance and Enforcement Mechanisms of Regional Fishery Management Organizations
(2022-04-22)Established by international agreements or treaties, Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) manage fisheries on the high seas, or ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction. Countries interested in joining an ... -
Evaluating Spatial Management on the High Seas: A Performance Review of Fisheries Closures and Marine Protected Areas
(2022-04-22)As the United Nations continues to negotiate a legally binding treaty for the conservation of biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, many argue that a governance gap will be created if species managed ... -
Examine Agricultural Land Use Practices and Their Effects on Carbon Storage and Flux in the United States
(2022-04-22)The terrestrial ecosystem has provided a net carbon sink, equal to 20% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission from industrial activities in the past three decades, yet many land use activities, mainly agriculture, can drastically ... -
Nuanced Regional Climate Exposure Assessment for National Parks
(2022-04-22)Climate-driven changes in water availability are impacting resources in national parks across the nation. Because the water balance provides relevant, actionable, and interpretable information to managers, the National Parks ...
