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James S. Clark
Nicholas Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science
Environmental Sciences and Policy
jimclark@duke.edu
Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0338
A201 LSRC, Durham, NC 27708
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Member
National
National Academy of Sciences
· 2020
Primary Section: 63, Environmental Sciences and Ecology Secondary Section: 64, Human Environmental Sciences
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Make Our Planet Great Again Lauréat
International
Emmanuel Macron
· 2018
Humboldt Research Prize
International
von Humboldt Foundation
· 2017
Chief of the Forest Service Science Award
National
USFS
· 2016
Fellow of the Ecological Society of America
National
Ecological Society of America
· December 2012
ISI Highly Cited Researcher
National
The Institute for Scientific Information
· January 2011
Fellows
National
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
· 2005
Area: Biological Sciences; Specialty: Evolution and Ecology
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Highly Cited Researcher
National
Thomson Reuters
· 2001
Leopold Leadership Fellowship
National
Aldo Leopold Foundation
· 1999
George Mercer Award
National
Ecological Society of America
· 1994
NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow
National
National Science Foundation
· 1994
In the News
Published March 21, 2023
Forest Seed Production & Climate Change
Published September 19, 2022
Mapping the Future: Nicholas School Researchers Create GIS Tools to Help Species Survive
Published May 3, 2022
Studies Find the Seeds of a Forest’s Renewal After Wildfire, Drought
Published January 25, 2022
What’s Driving the Perplexing East-West Divide in Trees’ Response to Climate Change?
Published August 17, 2021
For Larger, Older Trees, It’s All Downhill from Here
Published November 30, 2020
A Fertile Year of Environmental Research & Learning at the Nicholas School
Published July 10, 2020
New Models Show How Species Will be Relocated by Climate Change
Published April 28, 2020
Environmental Scientist James Clark Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Published March 4, 2019
A Faster, More Accurate Way to Monitor Drought
Published August 23, 2018
A Walk in the Woods: Inside Duke's Biggest, Oldest Laboratory
Published February 23, 2016
Increasing Drought Now Threatens Nearly All US Forests
Published February 23, 2016
Drought's impact will spread far beyond western U.S., scientists say
Published February 2, 2016
New Report Assess Impacts of Drought on US Forests
Published August 24, 2015
Drought can kill trees for years and years
Published August 19, 2015
Drought Implicated In Slow Death Of Trees In Southeastern Forests
Published March 8, 2015
New Drone Technology May Take Guesswork Out Of Estimating Forest Carbon
Published October 2, 2013
Early Spring Warming Has Greatest Effect on Breaking Bud
Published September 24, 2013
Climate change speeding up life cycles of trees
Published September 11, 2013
Climate Change May Speed Up Forests' Life Cycles
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