Category: natural habitat

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
October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, air pollution, environmental health, faculty, natural habitat, pesticides, toxicology, water

One toke over the line sweet Jesus

Marijuana production by agribusiness will likely reduce direct impacts on nature

William H. Schlesinger
April 20, 2020 William H. Schlesingerbiodiversity, conservation, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat

Gutting protections for migratory birds

Recognizing that it is part of our nation’s heritage, the Wood Thrush is…protected by the Migratory Bird Protection Act (MBPA) of 1918.

Bill Schlesinger
October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 Bill Schlesingerbiogeochemistry, carbon sequestration, climate, faculty, forests, natural habitat

Negative Emissions by Forests

Trees remove a lot of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Bill Schlesinger
August 29, 2019 Bill Schlesingerbiodiversity, conservation, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat

Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

When we lose a species, the bell tolls for us.

Bill Schlesinger
August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Bill Schlesingerbiodiversity, conservation, faculty, land use, natural habitat

A Bird in the Bush

When we lose birds, we are witnessing the continued unraveling of nature that will leave behind a less healthy and impoverished world for the future.

Bill Schlesinger
April 19, 2019April 21, 2019 Bill Schlesingeragriculture, energy, environmental health, faculty, land use, natural habitat, sustainability

City Mouse vs. Country Mouse

We will spare nature by living in cities, but for a sustainable world, we will not pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps by living in cities.

Bill Schlesinger
April 3, 2019 Bill Schlesingerbiodiversity, conservation, environmental policy, faculty, food, natural habitat, population growth

Neo-Malthusianism

We must look beyond the self-centered view that we are the only masters of our own survival.

Bill Schlesinger
February 13, 2019February 14, 2019 Bill Schlesingerfaculty, land use, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability, travel, water pollution

The Ultimate Invasive Species

Future generations will have no escape from the pressure of their own numbers and the stresses of a full planet.

Bill Schlesinger
January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 Bill Schlesingerbiodiversity, environmental policy, faculty, land use, natural habitat

The Border Wall

The wall has costs—cultural costs for reductions in biodiversity that are the heritage of the desert Southwest.