When the environmental temperature rises above body temperature, the body must dissipate heat via evaporative cooling—i.e., sweating.
Category: agriculture
Irrigation waters
Removal of groundwaters that were recharged during the wetter Pleistocene epoch is a classic example of non-sustainable human behavior.
William H. Schlesinger and Emily S. Bernhardt
agriculture, air pollution, environmental health, faculty, food, waste, water pollution
agriculture, air pollution, environmental health, faculty, food, waste, water pollution
Ten Chickens in Every Pot
Housing a billion chickens in North Carolina is equivalent to living with 10,000,000 people with no sewage treatment.
Nicholas was risen for to pisse
Production and use of nitrogen fertilizer is expensive and a significant source of air and water pollution and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Fine Dining
It pays to be a freshetarian locavore for the best nutrition and the least environmental impact.
William H. Schlesinger
agriculture, biogeochemistry, carbon sequestration, faculty, fossil fuels, plastics, recycling, waste
agriculture, biogeochemistry, carbon sequestration, faculty, fossil fuels, plastics, recycling, waste
Rethinking Biodegradable
the storage of plant-derived carbon in everyday products that are landfilled may help sequester carbon from the atmosphere.
William H. Schlesinger
agriculture, climate, energy, environmental policy, faculty, fossil fuels, renewable energy
agriculture, climate, energy, environmental policy, faculty, fossil fuels, renewable energy
No good deed goes unpunished
biofuels have had huge economic benefits to the agricultural sector, but they are associated with increased emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere,
William H. Schlesinger
agriculture, biogeochemistry, energy, faculty, fossil fuels, methane, wetlands
agriculture, biogeochemistry, energy, faculty, fossil fuels, methane, wetlands
Methane: a synoptic view
Methane concentrations were relatively constant in the atmosphere until the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
Closing the Nutrient Loop
Human excrement is a resource too valuable to waste.
Nitrogen in the Mississippi
It will take a long time to flush this past memory of nitrogen use out of the ecosystem.