When we lose birds, we are witnessing the continued unraveling of nature that will leave behind a less healthy and impoverished world for the future.
Category: land use
land use
Bill Schlesinger
agriculture, energy, environmental health, faculty, land use, natural habitat, sustainability
agriculture, energy, environmental health, faculty, land use, natural habitat, sustainability
City Mouse vs. Country Mouse
We will spare nature by living in cities, but for a sustainable world, we will not pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps by living in cities.
Bill Schlesinger
faculty, land use, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability, travel, water pollution
faculty, land use, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability, travel, water pollution
The Ultimate Invasive Species
Future generations will have no escape from the pressure of their own numbers and the stresses of a full planet.
The Border Wall
The wall has costs—cultural costs for reductions in biodiversity that are the heritage of the desert Southwest.
Moving Stuff Around
Humans are the largest force shaping the surface of the Earth today.