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An outdoor lab for students addressing the challenges of climate change

Close shot of oyster shells.
Leslie Gray Baker

In recent years, North Carolina has experienced mass oyster die-offs, primarily due to rising water temperatures, increased salinity, and pollution. These challenges have not only hurt the marine ecosystem but also the livelihoods of local oyster farmers who rely on healthy oyster beds for their income.

Enter Duke professor Tom Schultz, who in 2018 created an oyster aquafarm on the N.C. coast to address some of the adverse impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems and to help Duke students form a better connection with growing their own food. Today, the Duke Aquafarm is giving local farmers new insights into fighting off the conditions and effects of climate change.

Learn more about the Duke Aquafarm through the Duke Climate Roadtrip series. The series takes Toddi Steelman, vice president and vice provost for climate and sustainability, across North Carolina to meet with Duke faculty addressing the challenges of climate change. 

Join Toddi Steelman, vice president and vice provost for climate and sustainability at Duke University, as she hits the road across N.C., to learn what Duke faculty members are doing to address the challenges of climate change.
  • Headshot of Tom Shultz smiling into the camera and wearing maroon zip-up jacket. Schultz is an associate professor of the practice of marine molecular conservation at the Nicholas School of the Environment.
    Tom Schultz
    Associate Professor of the Practice of Marine Molecular Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment
  • Headshot of Juliet Wong, who is smiling into the camera and wearing a short-sleeved black jacked and a teal blouse. Wong is an assistant professor of coastal and marine climate change at the Nicholas School of the Environment.
    Juliet Wong
    Assistant Professor of Coastal and Marine Climate Change, Nicholas School of the Environment
  • Headshot of Toddi Steelman smiling into the camera and wearing a gray blazer and tell blouse. Steelman is the vice president and vice provost for climate and sustainability at Duke University.
    Toddi Steelman
    Vice President and Vice Provost, Climate and Sustainability

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