A cap-and-trade program was put into effect by President George H.W. Bush to curtail SO2 emissions from power plants.
Category: lakes and streams
William 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.
William Schlesinger
biogeochemistry, carbon sequestration, conservation, faculty, forests, lakes and streams
biogeochemistry, carbon sequestration, conservation, faculty, forests, lakes and streams
Designer Ecosystems
Global survey of restoration projects found only 25% of the ecosystem services provided by nature were found in the restored systems.
William Schlesinger
biogeochemistry, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution
biogeochemistry, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution
Don’t be a Salty Dog
Annually we spread about 20 million tons of road salt in the U.S., and we’ve been doing it since the late 1930s.
William Schlesinger
air pollution, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, toxicology, water pollution
air pollution, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, toxicology, water pollution
Reading the Mad Hatter’s Diary
When the EPA suggests regulating the emissions of mercury from power plants, the immediate question is how much of the mercury found in downwind environments is from the powerplants and how much is natural.
Color me blue
remove “pond muck” from your pond, because “muck provides nutrients to feed all the pond weeds and algae that contribute to the destruction of your beautiful pond…..