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
Category: faculty
Embodied Energy in Housing
If we tear down an old building and replace it, we incur new costs of embodied energy in construction materials
Upon Further Reflection
Polar scientists estimate that the Arctic could be ice-free in the summer by mid-century.
Carbon Dioxide and Mental Health
we should pay more attention to indoor CO2 levels
William H. Schlesinger
agriculture, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, water, water pollution
agriculture, 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.
William H. Schlesinger
carbon sequestration, climate, environmental policy, faculty, forests, marine studies
carbon sequestration, climate, environmental policy, faculty, forests, marine studies
Can we harvest our way to a better climate?
In the short-term, forests harvested for biomass energy actually put more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than burning fossil fuels,
Airborne Plastics
The microparticles in soil and sediments may persist indefinitely, casting a sedimentary record of human activity on the planet.
William H. Schlesinger
agriculture, carbon sequestration, climate, energy, environmental policy, faculty, renewable energy
agriculture, carbon sequestration, climate, energy, environmental policy, faculty, renewable energy
Grasping at Straws
Removing 5% of annual emissions by the spreading of rock dust on agricultural lands worldwide is a band-aid approach to a global hemorrhage.
William H. Schlesinger
energy, faculty, lakes and streams, renewable energy, water pollution, wetlands
energy, faculty, lakes and streams, renewable energy, water pollution, wetlands
Fracking, flowback and fish
Fracking promises that we will delay the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
William H. Schlesinger
environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, renewable energy
environmental 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.