How do you convince stalwart supporters of Donald Trump that climate change is real? That was the question that James Sutter struggled to answer when he accepted a position as a high-school science teacher inContinue reading
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Additionality
No matter how much carbon they assimilate, the carbon uptake by an existing mature forest is not additional,
Life-time side-by-side comparison: Electric vs. gasoline automobiles
Over a similar lifetime, electric vehicles emit about 10-24% less greenhouse warming potential than conventional vehicles
Carbon Offsets for Conservation
Because many carbon offset projects relate to forests, wetlands and other natural land uses, they also may provide a significant benefit in some areas for conservation of land and ecosystems. My Master’s Project looked to find what role carbon offsets play in promoting conservation in North Carolina.
Lyme Disease
However you feel about climate change, there is little doubt and much worry about the spread of ticks and Lyme disease northward.
Farms and Forests: the Future of Federal Climate Policy?
What will it take to reduce our national greenhouse gas emissions by 80% in 2050? That is a question I’ve been grappling with all year as part of Duke’s Bass Connections program, an initiative thatContinue reading
Bill Schlesinger
biodiversity, biogeochemistry, carbon sequestration, climate, energy, environmental policy, faculty, forests, renewable energy
biodiversity, biogeochemistry, carbon sequestration, climate, energy, environmental policy, faculty, forests, renewable energy
Are wood pellets a green fuel?
production of wood pellets for fuel is likely to put more CO2 in the atmosphere and maintain less biodiversity on the land during the next several decades.
Phenology
Nature is validating what we know about climate change from long-term records of temperature.
Warming the Gulf of Maine, revisited
Like rising sea-level and more acidic seawater, warmer ocean temperatures will extract an economic cost