Areas covered by pavement all contribute to the footprint of humans on Earth.
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Irrigation waters
Removal of groundwaters that were recharged during the wetter Pleistocene epoch is a classic example of non-sustainable human behavior.
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…
The Deep Carbon Cycle
Subduction and volcanic emissions compose a long-term, slow cycle for carbon and these elements.
Disposal of Plastics
We need to incentivize plastic recycling
What’s Out/What’s In for 2023
Motivated by a similar comparison in the Washington Post, here are my choices for what’s out and what’s in (mostly environmental) during the coming year. Cover the right-hand column and try to guess it. Out Continue reading
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.
Nicholas was risen for to pisse
Production and use of nitrogen fertilizer is expensive and a significant source of air and water pollution and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.