Category: agriculture

William H. Schlesinger
January 11, 2021 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, air pollution, biodiversity, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, food, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability

Overpopulation

Only with a population growth rate of zero might we have some hope for planetary stability.

William H. Schlesinger
December 21, 2020 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, biodiversity, faculty, food

Agricultural Landscapes

Farms are no longer using cropland diversity to hedge their bets against pests, pathogens and drought.

William H. Schlesinger
November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, environmental health, faculty, food, lakes and streams, toxicology, water pollution

Atrazine

Atrazine resembles the growth hormones of other organisms, including frogs and potentially humans.

William H. Schlesinger
November 5, 2020November 21, 2020 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, faculty, food, sustainability, waste

Food Waste

Cutting food waste in half would save 8% of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere—even more if we were to consume less beef in our diet.

William H. Schlesinger
October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, air pollution, environmental health, faculty, natural habitat, pesticides, toxicology, water

One toke over the line sweet Jesus

Marijuana production by agribusiness will likely reduce direct impacts on nature

William H. Schlesinger
October 1, 2020October 31, 2020 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, carbon sequestration, faculty

The Futility of Soil Carbon Sequestration

Purposeful carbon sequestration in soil organic matter will require huge amounts of additional fertilizer production, with its own contributions to fossil fuel emissions and contamination of surface and groundwater

William H. Schlesinger
August 25, 2020 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, water, water pollution

Nitrogen in Runoff

Inasmuch as the runoff of nitrogen is an interstate transport problem, managing the application of fertilizer and loss of nitrogen to runoff should be a high priority for the Federal government.