We have much to do to improve our understanding of the amount and fate of plastics at the Earth’s surface.
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Bill Schlesinger
agriculture, carbon sequestration, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty
agriculture, carbon sequestration, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty
Soil Carbon Sequestration
Suggestions that we can mitigate the impact of fossil fuel combustion by increasing carbon storage in soils are bogus.
Monarchs
Recent work…has shown that butterflies have declined at a rate of about 1.6% per year during the past 40 years.
Arboreal Dimensions of Biodiversity
The shape and volume—not just area—of trees growing in a forest creates an added dimension to the ecological and evolutionary setting.
Demented by what we breathe.
surprising increases in the mortality rates from dementia with increasing levels of air-borne particles.
Bill Schlesinger
agriculture, conservation, environmental health, faculty, food, pesticides, toxicology
agriculture, conservation, environmental health, faculty, food, pesticides, toxicology
Hi-test Pesticides
Don’t let statistics of declining pesticide use fool you
Costs of invasive species
Managing to reduce the transport and arrival of alien species will not be cheap
Hot times, summer in the city….
Earliest losses of biodiversity may be found among species in hot climates where some species are pushed beyond their physiological tolerance.
Wilderness
the communities of plants worldwide are no longer “natural.”
Legacy Phosphorus
The past use of phosphorus fertilizers has left of legacy of pollution that we must consider if we are to have any success in cleaning up water quality.