Most of the VOC are emitted from plastics, including the carpet, that are ubiquitous in new cars.
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faculty
Wood Burial to combat climate change?
can we really expect the forest products industry to divert a significant fraction of its harvest from sale to burial?
Duke Declares Victory
Laudable progress, but it seems that the declaration of net zero emissions may not be sustainable beyond 2024.
William Schlesinger
environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution, wetlands
environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution, wetlands
Rolling on the river
More than half of the riverwater in the continental U.S. is derived from ephemeral streams
Groundwater
In many areas groundwater decline appears to be accelerating,
William Schlesinger
conservation, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, oceans, sustainability
conservation, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, oceans, sustainability
Big Fish – Little Fish
If a sustainable harvest of fishes can be achieved,…throw the big ones back.
What’s Out; What’s in for 2024
What’s Out; What’s in for 2024 What’s Out What’s in ___________________________________________________ Blemished Potatoes GroundwaterContinue reading
Beautiful Clean Coal
The new work indicates that particles from coal-fired power plants are more deadly than those from other sources of fine particles
Ammonia as a fuel
Even modest leak rates of ammonia gas could exacerbate the already ubiquitous problems of excessive reactive nitrogen in the environment,
Wildfires and Air Quality
since 2016, wildfire smoke has reversed what had been a downward trend in PM 2.5 concentrations across the U.S.