The incidence of forest fire is likely to increase in a warmer, drier world.
Nitrogen Pollution
Nearly all nitrogen pollution stems from agriculture, which strives to feed more than 7 billion of us with low-cost abundance.
A Bird in the Bush
When we lose birds, we are witnessing the continued unraveling of nature that will leave behind a less healthy and impoverished world for the future.
Waters of the United States
Eliminating protection for first order and seasonal (ephemeral) streams means that anything that might be dumped in the headwaters of major rivers would be exempt from pollution laws
Nylon Rope in the Sea
What astounded us is the sheer volume of nylon line discarded by fishing boats
The ocean is a noisy place
Noise in the sea is of immediate relevance to life in the sea
Organic Fluorine Chemicals
we must depend on federal regulations that prevent the purposeful or inadvertent contaminations of the environment from affecting the health of all of us.
Reconciling the current rise in sea level
Loss of the ice caps on Greenland and Antarctica was associated with a dramatic rise in sea level during past glacial cycles
Breaking Stereotypes: The Sonoran Desert is Anything but Deserted
May 4, 2019 As I sit in the airport waiting for my last flight back to North Carolina, I find myself thinking about how full of the life the Sonoran Desert is. My preconceived notionContinue reading
April 27-29, 2019
The Albatross Much of the time on our last camping trip was spent on the Prescott College boat, The Albatross. We took day trips from our base camp with our boat captain, Cosme, and ourContinue reading