since 2016, wildfire smoke has reversed what had been a downward trend in PM 2.5 concentrations across the U.S.
Category: air pollution
air pollution
William Schlesinger
agriculture, air pollution, environmental health, faculty, food, waste, water pollution
agriculture, air pollution, environmental health, faculty, food, waste, water pollution
Ten Chickens in Every Pot
Housing a billion chickens in North Carolina is equivalent to living with 10,000,000 people with no sewage treatment.
William Schlesinger
air pollution, biogeochemistry, environmental health, faculty, recycling, resource use, toxicology, water pollution
air pollution, biogeochemistry, environmental health, faculty, recycling, resource use, toxicology, water pollution
Arsenic and Old Lace
we are bathed in, and breathe, an atmosphere with an arsenic content vastly in excess of what we have experienced during our evolutionary history as a species.
Nicholas was risen for to pisse
Production and use of nitrogen fertilizer is expensive and a significant source of air and water pollution and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
William Schlesinger
air pollution, Arctic, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, toxicology, water pollution, wetlands
air pollution, Arctic, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, toxicology, water pollution, wetlands
Legacy Mercury
The benefits of reducing mercury pollution deposited from the atmosphere are quickly reflected throughout the ecosystem.
Hydrogen Fuels
The hydrogen content of the atmosphere has increased 70% since the late 1800s,
Nuclear Winter
The circulation and behavior of the atmosphere connects our world, ensuring that what happens anywhere on Earth is felt everywhere.
Demented by what we breathe.
surprising increases in the mortality rates from dementia with increasing levels of air-borne particles.
COVID and Air Pollution
You can’t expect to have healthy people in a dirty environment.
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.