Without carbon dioxide uptake by trees, its concentration in the atmosphere would be rising nearly twice as fast as we observe today.
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Monkeys are Kleptomaniacs: Hiking the MacRitchie Reservoir and Bukit Timah
When you first learn about morality, you learn that stealing is wrong. Macaques have no morals.
On Migration: Birds and Blue Devils
I will start this post by saying I am very impressed with our bus driver. 7:30 a.m. is too early to be coherent, and I cannot imagine how Mr. Lim managed to drive and speakContinue reading
We’re making it tough for Santa Claus
We better watch out for Santa, the elves, and the reindeer or we’ll not hear those hooves on the rooftop.
Replication in global change ecology
The opposition to global warming theory would melt in the face of an experiment with five Earth’s receiving no treatment and five Earth’s with CO2 added to the atmosphere
Bill Schlesinger
agriculture, carbon sequestration, climate, energy, environmental policy, faculty, forests, renewable energy
agriculture, carbon sequestration, climate, energy, environmental policy, faculty, forests, renewable energy
Reconsidering Bioenergy
Policies devoted to bioenergy should be redirected toward efforts to protect terrestrial carbon stocks and recarbonize the biosphere.
Land Ahoy: A New Frontier for Climate Action
The most underrated tool in the fight against climate change might just be right under your feet. That’s right: land is storing epic amounts of carbon that could otherwise warm the atmosphere. It’s sequestered inContinue reading
The fate of rainfall
Plants modulate the turning of the hydrologic cycle by reducing surface runoff, increasing the amount of water that enters the soil, and returning it slowly to the atmosphere by transpiration
Ben Siegelman
conservation, environmental economics, environmental policy, forests, internships, marine studies, Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, sustainability, travel, water
conservation, environmental economics, environmental policy, forests, internships, marine studies, Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, sustainability, travel, water
Finding Uncommon Ground
When we insist on shared values and universal human experiences, we erase these productive differences and cripple the potential for equitable collaboration.
Ben Siegelman
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental economics, environmental policy, forests, internships, marine studies, Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, sustainability, travel
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental economics, environmental policy, forests, internships, marine studies, Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, sustainability, travel
Gleaning from the Gleaners
How do you learn from those with whom you can’t communicate? This question has posed a methodological and ethical quandary as I work on community-based mangrove restoration with Marine Conservation Philippines. My research explores localContinue reading