About half of the world’s photosynthesis, known as net primary production, occurs in the sea.
Category: marine studies
William Schlesinger
biodiversity, conservation, faculty, marine studies, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability
biodiversity, conservation, faculty, marine studies, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability
Another Turn of the Screw
We continuously reset our perception of what nature is and where nature occurs, codifying degradation
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.
Warming the Gulf of Maine
the oceans’ waters have warmed up over the past few decades.
Clathrates
Global warming may beget drastically more global warming, if we ever destabilize the pool of methane clathrates that are buried in polar regions.
Off-shore oil drilling
When German U-boats sank oil tankers along the North Carolina coast in World War II, oil persisted on the beaches for decades.
Scraping Bottom
If we are ever to see these fisheries recover, protecting rockweed will be an important foundation for the effort.
William Schlesinger
conservation, environmental economics, faculty, marine studies, population growth, sustainability
conservation, environmental economics, faculty, marine studies, population growth, sustainability
Sustainability—–not
As long as the human population on Earth is growing, nothing we are doing is particularly sustainable
The Ice that Floats in Our Global Cocktail
The current decline in sea ice appears unprecedented during the past 1450 years, and it is likely that the Arctic has not been ice-free in the past 2,000,000 years.
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.