When the arctic is melting rapidly, this is no time to get bogged down in conservative rhetoric.
Author: William Schlesinger
Peer Review
Scientists must speak out forcefully when they see the policy process subverted by what they know is untrue, even if it has found its way into print.
Evaporation from the Golden State
The real impact of global warming may be what it does to evaporation rates from the land surface.
Oh Tannenbaum
Buy a live Christmas tree and plant it in the early spring when it can resume its role to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Powering the Campus
A solar-powered campus would light the way for bright young minds of the next generation.
How green is your booze?
The energy expended to deliver a mixed drink is about three to four times lower than a glass of wine.
Vote!
The planet depends on it.
William Schlesinger
biodiversity, conservation, faculty, marine studies, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability
biodiversity, conservation, faculty, marine studies, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability
Another Turn of the Screw
We continuously reset our perception of what nature is and where nature occurs, codifying degradation
Oil Sands Redux
We need to ensure that inadvertent releases of unhealthy substances from oil sand operations are not overlooked and are properly regulated.
On the ethics of driving species extinct
When it comes to human mastery of nature, who makes the decision about which species go extinct and which persist?