A lot of the costs of climate change will be borne by society at large, through taxes and insurance premiums.
The Decline and Fall of Insects
If low levels of insecticides, many of them endocrine disruptors, are involved, humans are certainly exposed as well
Additionality
No matter how much carbon they assimilate, the carbon uptake by an existing mature forest is not additional,
Life-time side-by-side comparison: Electric vs. gasoline automobiles
Over a similar lifetime, electric vehicles emit about 10-24% less greenhouse warming potential than conventional vehicles
Lyme Disease
However you feel about climate change, there is little doubt and much worry about the spread of ticks and Lyme disease northward.
Bill Schlesinger
biodiversity, biogeochemistry, carbon sequestration, climate, energy, environmental policy, faculty, forests, renewable energy
biodiversity, biogeochemistry, carbon sequestration, climate, energy, environmental policy, faculty, forests, renewable energy
Are wood pellets a green fuel?
production of wood pellets for fuel is likely to put more CO2 in the atmosphere and maintain less biodiversity on the land during the next several decades.
Phenology
Nature is validating what we know about climate change from long-term records of temperature.
Warming the Gulf of Maine, revisited
Like rising sea-level and more acidic seawater, warmer ocean temperatures will extract an economic cost
Bill Schlesinger
climate, energy, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, population growth, renewable energy
climate, energy, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, population growth, renewable energy
Inequality
The perception of high inequality in society has been associated with instability and strife in human populations