Category: air pollution

With the shutdown of much of the economy, we can see the human impact on air quality, and the underlying volatilization of chemicals from our activities.

Bill Schlesinger
April 7, 2020 Bill Schlesingerair pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty

Behind the Smoke Screen

When the dust settles, the roll-back of air pollution regulations is likely to take a larger toll on society than COVID-19.

Bill Schlesinger
October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 Bill Schlesingerair pollution, environmental health, faculty

Air Pollution vs. Cigarette Smoking

Just as second-hand smoke is a recognized health hazard, air pollution is increasingly recognized as being just as harmful to an individual’s health.

Bill Schlesinger
August 22, 2019August 23, 2019 Bill Schlesingerair pollution, carbon sequestration, climate, faculty, forests

The Forests are Burning

The incidence of forest fire is likely to increase in a warmer, drier world.

Bill Schlesinger
August 12, 2019 Bill Schlesingeragriculture, air pollution, biogeochemistry, faculty, food, water pollution

Nitrogen Pollution

Nearly all nitrogen pollution stems from agriculture, which strives to feed more than 7 billion of us with low-cost abundance.

Bill Schlesinger
June 25, 2019September 8, 2019 Bill Schlesingerair pollution, faculty, lakes and streams, toxicology, water, water pollution

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyls

we must depend on federal regulations that prevent the purposeful or inadvertent contaminations of the environment from affecting the health of all of us.