Noise in the sea is of immediate relevance to life in the sea
Category: biodiversity
biodiversity
Extinction
We need to preserve the heritage of species on all corners of the Earth.
Bill Schlesinger
biodiversity, conservation, environmental policy, faculty, food, natural habitat, population growth
biodiversity, conservation, environmental policy, faculty, food, natural habitat, population growth
Neo-Malthusianism
We must look beyond the self-centered view that we are the only masters of our own survival.
The Border Wall
The wall has costs—cultural costs for reductions in biodiversity that are the heritage of the desert Southwest.
Bill Schlesinger
agriculture, biodiversity, biogeochemistry, carbon sequestration, faculty, natural habitat
agriculture, biodiversity, biogeochemistry, carbon sequestration, faculty, natural habitat
What Makes a Healthy Ecosystem?
[We need] a report card that grades plant production, soil organic matter, biodiversity and nutrient balance against our best measures of what they would be in a world without humans.
Global Impoverishment
What good is a butterfly that does not tweet or titillate?
The Decline and Fall of Insects
If low levels of insecticides, many of them endocrine disruptors, are involved, humans are certainly exposed as well
Exotic Plants
No program exists to predict the potential for new species—plant or animal–to become invasive upon arrival in the U.S.
Diversity
Numerous studies show declines in species diversity when soils are fertilized.
Mycorrhizae
Most folks don’t realize it, but the roots of plants are connected underground by a vast network of fungi that improve the function of plant roots