Numerous studies show declines in species diversity when soils are fertilized.
Category: air pollution
air pollution
Bill Schlesinger
agriculture, air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty
agriculture, air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty
Particulate Pollution
In the case of PM2.5 what you can’t see can hurt you.
Bill Schlesinger
air pollution, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, recycling, waste, water, water pollution
air pollution, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, recycling, waste, water, water pollution
Poop
Poop is a resource that should be used more efficiently.
Renewable Futures
There is tremendous growth in wind and solar installations, with good reason—free market economics.
An experiment with clean air
As we hear pressures to roll back some of the provisions that ensure clean air, largely in pursuit of unfettered economic activity, it is worth spending a little time reflecting on the benefits of cleanContinue reading
Bill Schlesinger
air pollution, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat, population growth, water pollution
air pollution, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat, population growth, water pollution
Freshman year report card
Trump’s First Year Slightly less than a year ago, I used this blog to provide an open letter to Donald Trump regarding the environment (http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/citizenscientist/some-thoughts-for-the-new-president/). My points were simple: Use science to base environmental decisions;Continue reading
Pennies from Heaven
Emissions of vanadium to the atmosphere parallel the increased use of heavy oil and are now nearly twice the sum of all natural sources combined.
Casting your last environmental footprint
If you want to leave a big carbon footprint on the atmosphere, choose cremation in an electric furnace.
Bill Schlesinger
air pollution, biogeochemistry, climate, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty
air pollution, biogeochemistry, climate, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty
Chemtrails
There is no credible evidence that chemtrails exist.
Only ostriches do it better.
The assault on basic knowledge and its discovery is likely to leave our nation behind in the competitive international arena