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January 19, 2025 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, biogeochemistry, energy, environmental policy, faculty, fossil fuels, methane, wetlands

The Methane Mystery

this makes it difficult to devise appropriate policy measures that might stem the growth of methane in the atmosphere. 

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William H. Schlesinger
November 11, 2024 William H. Schlesingerair pollution, environmental health, faculty, plastics, toxicology

New Car Smell

Most of the VOC are emitted from plastics, including the carpet, that are ubiquitous in new cars.

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William H. Schlesinger
October 28, 2024 William H. Schlesingercarbon sequestration, environmental economics, faculty, forests

Wood Burial to combat climate change?

can we really expect the forest products industry to divert a significant fraction of its harvest from sale to burial?

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William H. Schlesinger
October 19, 2024 William H. Schlesingerclimate, energy, faculty, fossil fuels, renewable energy

Duke Declares Victory

Laudable progress, but it seems that the declaration of net zero emissions may not be sustainable beyond 2024.   

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William H. Schlesinger
October 12, 2024 William H. Schlesingerenvironmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution, wetlands

Rolling on the river

More than half of the riverwater in the continental U.S. is derived from ephemeral streams

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William H. Schlesinger
February 5, 2024February 5, 2024 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, faculty, sustainability, water

Groundwater

In many areas groundwater decline appears to be accelerating,

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William H. Schlesinger
January 11, 2024 William H. Schlesingerconservation, faculty, lakes and streams, marine studies, oceans, sustainability

Big Fish – Little Fish

If a sustainable harvest of fishes can be achieved,…throw the big ones back.

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William Schlesinger
December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 William Schlesingerfaculty

What’s Out; What’s in for 2024

What’s Out;            What’s in for 2024 What’s Out                          What’s in ___________________________________________________ Blemished Potatoes          GroundwaterContinue reading

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William H. Schlesinger
December 12, 2023December 20, 2023 William H. Schlesingerair pollution, environmental health, faculty, fossil fuels

Beautiful Clean Coal

The new work indicates that particles from coal-fired power plants are more deadly than those from other sources of fine particles

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William H. Schlesinger
November 20, 2023 William H. Schlesingerclimate, energy, faculty, fossil fuels

Ammonia as a fuel

Even modest leak rates of ammonia gas could exacerbate the already ubiquitous problems of excessive reactive nitrogen in the environment,

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The blog will offer a science-based analysis of current environmental topics, from regional to global levels, with an emphasis on making the science accessible to the general public.

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