Fracking promises that we will delay the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Category: lakes and streams
lakes and streams
William Schlesinger
agriculture, environmental policy, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution, wetlands
agriculture, environmental policy, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution, wetlands
Only the profits will flow upstream
Have the laws of physics been reversed?
When you flush
It is a lot to ask the microbial population in a septic system to break down chemicals that they have never experienced in nature, let alone those designed to inhibit their activities.
Waters of the United States
Eliminating protection for first order and seasonal (ephemeral) streams means that anything that might be dumped in the headwaters of major rivers would be exempt from pollution laws
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyls
we must depend on federal regulations that prevent the purposeful or inadvertent contaminations of the environment from affecting the health of all of us.
William Schlesinger
air pollution, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, toxicology, water, water pollution
air pollution, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, toxicology, water, water pollution
Hurricane Florence: déjà-vu all over again.
Hurricane Florence provides a stark demonstration of how runoff and overflows can contaminate waterways with hog waste and coal-ash leachates.
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
William Schlesinger
agriculture, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution, wetlands
agriculture, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution, wetlands
The importance of small streams
EPA is recommending abandonment of the Clean Water Rule, despite the plethora of science showing the value of small wetlands to wildlife and water quality.
William Schlesinger
environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, toxicology, waste, water, water pollution
environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, toxicology, waste, water, water pollution
Microplastics
Like booze, sex and profanity, plastics have become a sin.
William Schlesinger
air pollution, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, recycling, waste, water, water pollution
air pollution, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, recycling, waste, water, water pollution
Poop
Poop is a resource that should be used more efficiently.