Many indicate they would accept policies that would require a bell on cats’ collars.
Author: William Schlesinger
The Size of Our Nest
The biosphere is under pressure, when the amount of stuff produced by humans exceeds the mass of all of nature
Get Right with Whales
For Right Whales, the situation is dire, and extinction is the moral equivalent of murder
William Schlesinger
agriculture, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, land use, water, water pollution
agriculture, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, land use, water, water pollution
The Source of the Yellow River
the color of rivers seen from space may provide a better index of the health of rivers than simple visual observations from land
Energy of Personal Transport
Personal choices and environmental policies that increase vehicle occupancy will have the greatest reduction on our environmental impact.
William Schlesinger
agriculture, air pollution, biodiversity, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, food, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability
agriculture, air pollution, biodiversity, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, food, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability
Overpopulation
Only with a population growth rate of zero might we have some hope for planetary stability.
What’s out and what’s in for 2021
Chances are good this will look better if you use your browser with the link below to go to the Website for Translational Ecology. What’s Out What’s In ___________________________________________________ Climate Change Denial TheContinue reading
Agricultural Landscapes
Farms are no longer using cropland diversity to hedge their bets against pests, pathogens and drought.
Diapers: to change or not to change
Reducing the use of disposal diapers would have a rather small effect on our national inventory of greenhouse gas emissions
William Schlesinger
agriculture, environmental health, faculty, food, lakes and streams, toxicology, water pollution
agriculture, environmental health, faculty, food, lakes and streams, toxicology, water pollution
Atrazine
Atrazine resembles the growth hormones of other organisms, including frogs and potentially humans.