Carbon dioxide is rising as a component of Earth’s atmosphere (NOAA, 2017). The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has not been this high for the past 5 million years (Stap et al. 2016).Continue reading
renewable energy
Powering the Campus
A solar-powered campus would light the way for bright young minds of the next generation.
Whatever happened to peak oil?
The challenge of dealing with declining oil production will define the world we live in.
Bill Schlesinger
biogeochemistry, energy, environmental economics, faculty, recycling, renewable energy, waste
biogeochemistry, energy, environmental economics, faculty, recycling, renewable energy, waste
Lithium: It’s not just for bad moods anymore
Are lithium resources in short supply?
Natural Gas or Coal: It’s all about the leak rate.
Environmental advocates face a dilemma with respect to natural gas
Biofuel forests for the future?
The forest products industry likes to cut trees, but trees are the most efficient way we know to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
Energy Sprawl
Renewables have many advantages, but lessening the impact of energy provision on natural habitat does not appear to be among them.
Our experience with solar
You can join the movement now, or wait until the panels are even more efficient and cheaper in just a few years. Either way, you will want renewable energy in your future.
Wind Power, but not right here.
I am underwhelmed by the medical evidence presented on the harmful effects of windmills, relative to the health impacts of coal-fired power plants to all residents who live downwind.