Category: water pollution

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
June 25, 2019June 29, 2019 Bill Schlesingerair pollution, faculty, lakes and streams, toxicology, water, water pollution

Organic Fluorine Chemicals

we must depend on federal regulations that prevent the purposeful or inadvertent contaminations of the environment from affecting the health of all of us.

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
September 24, 2018 Bill Schlesingerair pollution, environmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, toxicology, water, water pollution

Hurricane Florence: déjà-vu all over again.

Hurricane Florence provides a stark demonstration of how runoff and overflows can contaminate waterways with hog waste and coal-ash leachates.

Bill Schlesinger
April 30, 2018May 1, 2018 Bill Schlesingeragriculture, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution, wetlands

The importance of small streams

EPA is recommending abandonment of the Clean Water Rule, despite the plethora of science showing the value of small wetlands to wildlife and water quality.

Bill Schlesinger
February 21, 2018March 2, 2018 Bill Schlesingerenvironmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, toxicology, waste, water, water pollution

Microplastics

Like booze, sex and profanity, plastics have become a sin.

Bill Schlesinger
January 30, 2018February 21, 2018 Bill Schlesingerair pollution, biogeochemistry, faculty, lakes and streams, recycling, waste, water, water pollution

Poop

Poop is a resource that should be used more efficiently.

Bill Schlesinger
December 19, 2017December 20, 2017 Bill Schlesingerair pollution, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat, population growth, water pollution

Freshman year report card

Trump’s First Year Slightly less than a year ago, I used this blog to provide an open letter to Donald Trump regarding the environment (http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/citizenscientist/some-thoughts-for-the-new-president/). My points were simple: Use science to base environmental decisions;Continue reading