Category: food

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.

Carsten Pran and Amanda Padden
July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Carsten Pran and Amanda Paddenagriculture, climate, environmental policy, food, water

Will the Cornucopia Run Dry?

The southwestern United States is nearing a global-warming exacerbated drought of record-breaking length and intensity

William H. Schlesinger
February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, biodiversity, climate, energy, faculty, food, waste

The Planetary Toll of Your Morning Coffee

When you decide to have a cup of coffee, you have already made your largest contribution to the energy used to deliver coffee to your cup.

William H. Schlesinger
November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, climate, energy, faculty, food

Food Energy

there is no doubt that a vegetarian diet would have much less impact on the climate.

Bill Schlesinger
October 21, 2019October 24, 2019 Bill Schlesingeragriculture, carbon sequestration, climate, faculty, food

The Climate Underground

We can’t count on better management of soils to solve the climate crisis

Bill Schlesinger
August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 Bill Schlesingeragriculture, air pollution, biogeochemistry, faculty, food, water pollution

Nitrogen Pollution

Nearly all nitrogen pollution stems from agriculture, which strives to feed more than 7 billion of us with low-cost abundance.

Bill Schlesinger
May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 Bill Schlesingerenvironmental policy, faculty, food, marine studies, sustainability

When Bigger is Better

As the ocean’s stocks of fishes have been depleted under existing policy, some dramatic new changes are needed.