In order to #savelives, #disaster researchers often have to ask difficult questions like, "How do people die in #floods?" This excellent article sheds some light. theconversation.com/what-is-a-flas… via The Conversation U.S. #PlanetaryHealth Planetary Health Alliance Engineering@Vanderbilt

"How long can you tread water?" -God to Noah (as told by Bill Cosby) This workshop highlighted one of a myriad of ways needed to address the impacts of #ClimateChange. #PlanetaryHealth

"When man first set foot on Earth, all the winged animals flew high into the sky and the fish dived deeper into the sea, scattering in fear, because they knew the destroyer of the world had arrived." #PlanetaryHealth Planetary Health Alliance What Is Owed to Pakistan nyti.ms/3q6O5D9

This is the difference between a #GeoHazard and #Disaster. A #landslide happens in #Singapore (where nothing EVER happens...) in the middle of the night, injuring one. The canal was cleared the next day, reducing flood risk. #DisasterRiskReduction blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/…

Come work with us! I've been Duke Environment for a year and things have changed since I was an undergrad. Durham is exciting and diverse and as is the faculty at this right-sized R1. Duke Engineering Duke Divinity School Duke Global Health Black Think Tank - @black-think-tank.bsky.social URGE BlackInGeoscience

This park didn't flood during #HurricaneSandy, yet it is to be moved as part of a $221 M #resiliency plan. This money could be spent on marginalized, at risk communities. #environmentaljustice #PlanetaryHealth Duke Environment nytimes.com/2022/10/21/nyr…

#InterdisciplinaryResearch is critical to #ClimateSolutions, and Duke Environment is putting money where our collective mouths need to be! Pleased that the Duke PlanetLab is part of this initiative. #PlanetaryHealth Planetary Health Alliance today.duke.edu/2022/10/duke-c…

Today we start a #Revolution. With the support of Duke Environment, we are drilling at 150 m test well to learn more about the #geothermal potential of the Durham Basin. Carbon neutral heating and cooling! DukeGeothermal #PlanetaryHealth

Historic countdown to geothermal drilling on Duke’s Central Campus begins NOW! Working towards a #cleanenergy solution using #geothermal to cool campus. Duke Engineering Manolis Veveakis Duke University Duke Environment Brian G. McAdoo

A DukeGeothermal Do-over. After drilling down ~20m, Durham Basin sediment collapsed around the drill stem, locking things up. Drilling resumed today, this time with "telescopic" casing to prevent another downhole collapse. Duke Environment Duke Engineering #PlanetaryHealth

Excited to see our colleagues working on these important climate and health projects. We'll be paying close attention the the project on Disease Burden + Climate-Related Disasters led by Brian G. McAdoo and Joao R N Vissoci. today.duke.edu/2022/10/duke-c…

The morning was spent in the field looking at a cross bedded sandstone outcrop ~ 65ft below the drill site. What we found aligned well with our core sample from the same depth! #FieldGeology #GeothermalPotential @PeterEricMalin1 Duke Environment Duke Engineering geosociety

#WellLogging has officially begun! Getting insights into subsurface temperatures, fractures, acoustics, geology, and conductivity. Can Duke University go #Geothermal? Duke Engineering Duke Environment Duke Energy @PeterEricMalin1 WSP

This #DurhamBasin sandstone outcrop in the Duke Forest is a great example of some of the #TriassicBasin sediments we drilled through on Central Campus. Students will start working on core descriptions soon! #GeologyInAction #GeothermalPotential

Tomorrow @ noon: Advancing Climate Justice through Transdisciplinary Research: Developing STRONG Relationships with Kim Marion Suiseeya. Nicholas Institute Duke Environment Sanford School of Public Policy

Check out this new feature on Duke University #Geothermal! Brian G. McAdoo Duke Environment @PeterEricMalin1 youtu.be/AbaEWEzHlbU

📢 Exciting Job Opportunity: Duke Engineering is hiring a Founding Director for the New Master of Engineering in Climate and Sustainable Engineering program🌍 Learn more about this dynamic position and how to apply ⬇️ academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/23418

We celebrate Waverly J. Person! He was an Army veteran and civil rights activist and coined the Nation’s first black earthquake seismologist. Known by many as "Mr. Earthquake," Waverly helped establish the USGS National Earthquake Information Center. #BlackHistoryMonth