Implementation of the Endangered Species Act is crucially dependent upon what constitutes a species.
Category: faculty
William H. Schlesinger
carbon sequestration, environmental policy, faculty, forests, natural habitat
carbon sequestration, environmental policy, faculty, forests, natural habitat
Embrace old growth
Replacing old forests with young forests to increase carbon sequestration is a fool’s errand.
Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble
When the environmental temperature rises above body temperature, the body must dissipate heat via evaporative cooling—i.e., sweating.
What’s in a Road Name?
Perhaps land developers are poking fun at us
Deerly Beloved
When we manipulate one component of an ecosystem, such as predators, unknown consequences show up…
Paving the Earth
Areas covered by pavement all contribute to the footprint of humans on Earth.
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.
William H. Schlesinger
environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat, resource use, sustainability, toxicology
environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat, resource use, sustainability, toxicology
Environmental Justice
What constitutes environmental justice seems inherently subjective…
William H. Schlesinger
biogeochemistry, carbon sequestration, climate, faculty, marine studies, oceans
biogeochemistry, carbon sequestration, climate, faculty, marine studies, oceans
The Deep Carbon Cycle
Subduction and volcanic emissions compose a long-term, slow cycle for carbon and these elements.