We will not make America great again if we can’t breathe the air, drink the water, or find mental refreshment and recreation in natural areas.
Category: water pollution
water pollution
Whither your water
It gives me pause to see proposals now before government agencies to relax the standards for discharge and stream protection
Phosphorus in Lake Erie
If we are to ensure high quality water, significant effort must be put to managing sources of nitrogen and phosphorus in runoff that reaches the Great Lakes
Waters of the United States
For the purposes of maintaining water quality in the Hudson River, it shouldn’t matter if I dump my sewage or industrial waste into a small tributary or directly into the River.
Regulation–a new dirty word
The White House has decreed that for every new regulation enacted, two existing regulations must be nullified. Regulatory overseers are now assigned to every Federal agency that might consider adding a new regulation. What aContinue reading
Bill Schlesinger
biogeochemistry, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, waste, water, water pollution
biogeochemistry, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, waste, water, water pollution
Your Water on Drugs
It is likely that the organisms in many streams across the U.S. are bathed in a weak solution of birth control pills, caffeine, hypertension blockers, and lithium.
Evaporation from the Golden State
The real impact of global warming may be what it does to evaporation rates from the land surface.
Oil Sands Redux
We need to ensure that inadvertent releases of unhealthy substances from oil sand operations are not overlooked and are properly regulated.
The artistic record of nature
Science and art leave a record of environmental condition, as it affects the human perception of environmental conditions.
Groundwater Dynamics
The mean age of groundwater is about 1000 years, which is why it is so difficult to remediate groundwater pollution.