When there is a problem with nuclear power, it is sure to be large, persistent, and biocidal for the persistence of life on Earth
Author: William Schlesinger
Off-shore oil drilling
When German U-boats sank oil tankers along the North Carolina coast in World War II, oil persisted on the beaches for decades.
Biochar Revisited
With liberal assumptions, the maximum apparent rate of carbon sequestration in biochar is only about 2% of the current annual emissions of carbon, as carbon dioxide, to the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion
Sprawling across the countryside
Nothing hurts more than to go back to some of my early haunts, only to find that they have succumbed to suburban development.
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.
William Schlesinger
biogeochemistry, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution
biogeochemistry, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution
Don’t be a Salty Dog
Annually we spread about 20 million tons of road salt in the U.S., and we’ve been doing it since the late 1930s.
An opinion for the City of Light
Doing nothing about climate change will make us look like a ship of fools.
Riding contrails to our future
Airplane contrails have little impact on climate, but, contrails are an interesting surrogate for what clouds may do in the future.
Scraping Bottom
If we are ever to see these fisheries recover, protecting rockweed will be an important foundation for the effort.
In the Ozone
Alas, the size of this year’s ozone hole over Antarctica was among the largest ever.[1] And the remaining ozone layer was exceptionally thin.