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William H. Schlesinger
May 7, 2025 William H. Schlesingerbiodiversity, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty

Endangering endangered species

When it comes to endangered species, habitat is everything.

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William H. Schlesinger
April 22, 2025 William H. Schlesingerbiogeochemistry, climate, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty

The Orange Tide

Climate change  is not a hoax; resist.

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William H. Schlesinger
March 18, 2025 William H. Schlesingerbiogeochemistry, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution, wetlands

From Headwaters to the Sea

This is not the time to “unburden” the corporate world from regulations that protect our environment.

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William H. Schlesinger
March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 William H. Schlesingerclimate, energy, environmental economics, environmental policy, faculty, renewable energy

Net Metering

Solar power is essential to our future economy, health, and stabilization of climate.

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William H. Schlesinger
February 20, 2025 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, food, toxicology, waste, water pollution

Organofluoride contaminants

PFAS compounds are found in wastewater and biosolids, that are used to fertilize agricultural lands

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William H. Schlesinger
January 28, 2025 William H. Schlesingerclimate, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, population growth

MAGA and the World’s Future

The long-term problems facing Homo sapiens need a genuine sapient vision that we did not elect.   

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William H. Schlesinger
January 19, 2025 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, biogeochemistry, energy, environmental policy, faculty, fossil fuels, methane, wetlands

The Methane Mystery

this makes it difficult to devise appropriate policy measures that might stem the growth of methane in the atmosphere. 

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William H. Schlesinger
November 11, 2024 William H. Schlesingerair pollution, environmental health, faculty, plastics, toxicology

New Car Smell

Most of the VOC are emitted from plastics, including the carpet, that are ubiquitous in new cars.

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William H. Schlesinger
October 28, 2024 William H. Schlesingercarbon sequestration, environmental economics, faculty, forests

Wood Burial to combat climate change?

can we really expect the forest products industry to divert a significant fraction of its harvest from sale to burial?

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William H. Schlesinger
October 19, 2024 William H. Schlesingerclimate, energy, faculty, fossil fuels, renewable energy

Duke Declares Victory

Laudable progress, but it seems that the declaration of net zero emissions may not be sustainable beyond 2024.   

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The blog will offer a science-based analysis of current environmental topics, from regional to global levels, with an emphasis on making the science accessible to the general public.

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