Category: environmental health

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
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
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
September 2, 2020 William H. Schlesingerenvironmental health, faculty, toxicology

Carbon Dioxide and Mental Health

we should pay more attention to indoor CO2 levels

William H. Schlesinger
August 5, 2020 William H. Schlesingerair pollution, environmental health, faculty, waste, water pollution

Airborne Plastics

The microparticles in soil and sediments may persist indefinitely, casting a sedimentary record of human activity on the planet.

William H. Schlesinger
July 1, 2020 William H. Schlesingerenvironmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, renewable energy

The Science and The Anti-Science

We are seeing an increasing denial of science by the general public—often spread by cell phone and social media.

William H. Schlesinger
April 30, 2020May 3, 2020 William H. Schlesingerair pollution, environmental health, faculty, urban ecology

The Smell of the City

With the shutdown of much of the economy, we can see the human impact on air quality, and the underlying volatilization of chemicals from our activities.

William H. Schlesinger
April 7, 2020 William H. Schlesingerair pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty

Behind the Smoke Screen

When the dust settles, the roll-back of air pollution regulations is likely to take a larger toll on society than COVID-19.

William H. Schlesinger
March 19, 2020 William H. Schlesingerbiodiversity, environmental health, faculty

COVID-19

Not since the plague, also known as the Black Death, arrived in Europe in the early 1300s has the human population been more vulnerable to exotic disease.

William H. Schlesinger
February 13, 2020December 11, 2020 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, biodiversity, environmental health, faculty, pesticides

Agriculture without Weeds and Bugs

Pursuit of insect-free farming is resulting in a loss of diversity at higher trophic levels across the landscape.