we are living in the hot, dry world that was predicted by computer models of the Earth’s climate.
Category: environmental health
environmental health
Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble
When the environmental temperature rises above body temperature, the body must dissipate heat via evaporative cooling—i.e., sweating.
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
environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat, resource use, sustainability, toxicology
environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat, resource use, sustainability, toxicology
Environmental Justice
What constitutes environmental justice seems inherently subjective…
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.
William Schlesinger
climate, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, fossil fuels, natural habitat, population growth
climate, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, fossil fuels, natural habitat, population growth
Oops, here comes another consumer
The continued belief that rising human numbers have no impact on the environment is misguided.
The Whine of a Mosquito on a Summer Night
Overall, mosquitoes have been the deadliest predator of humans throughout history.
William Schlesinger
conservation, energy, environmental health, faculty, food, population growth, resource use
conservation, energy, environmental health, faculty, food, population growth, resource use
The Pursuit of Happiness
Countries such as the U.S., are likely engaging in much frivolous consumption of energy without benefits to health and happiness.
Drugs in your drinking water
Not all pharmaceutical compounds can be removed by traditional methods of treating wastewater.
Demented by what we breathe.
surprising increases in the mortality rates from dementia with increasing levels of air-borne particles.