If we are to ensure high quality water, significant effort must be put to managing sources of nitrogen and phosphorus in runoff that reaches the Great Lakes
Category: lakes and streams
Waters of the United States
For the purposes of maintaining water quality in the Hudson River, it shouldn’t matter if I dump my sewage or industrial waste into a small tributary or directly into the River.
Chromium and the Myth of Tolerable Exposure
The “zero tolerance” approach for contaminants can be seen in regulations which state that the concentrations of several known carcinogenic contaminants in drinking water should be zero.
Bill Schlesinger
biogeochemistry, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, waste, water, water pollution
biogeochemistry, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, waste, water, water pollution
Your Water on Drugs
It is likely that the organisms in many streams across the U.S. are bathed in a weak solution of birth control pills, caffeine, hypertension blockers, and lithium.
Evaporation from the Golden State
The real impact of global warming may be what it does to evaporation rates from the land surface.
The artistic record of nature
Science and art leave a record of environmental condition, as it affects the human perception of environmental conditions.
What Ever Happened to Acid Rain?
A cap-and-trade program was put into effect by President George H.W. Bush to curtail SO2 emissions from power plants.
Bill Schlesinger
agriculture, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, water, water pollution
agriculture, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, water, water pollution
Hypoxia
Hypoxia is one of the side-effects of modern agronomic systems which strive to feed 7 billion of us with a nutritious diet.
What makes a healthy stream?
A river is a reflection of the watershed it drains
Kitchen Disposals
Composting kitchen waste helps “close the loop” to achieve a sustainable human society where wastes are recycled back into the production of useful goods.