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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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William H. Schlesinger
November 6, 2023 William H. Schlesingerair pollution, climate, environmental health, faculty, forests

Wildfires and Air Quality

since 2016, wildfire smoke has reversed what had been a downward trend in PM 2.5 concentrations across the U.S.

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William H. Schlesinger
October 23, 2023 William H. Schlesingerbiodiversity, faculty

The Invisible Birds

Preston called the species left of the veil line—the invisible birds—those that are present at the site, but not seen by even a careful observer.

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William H. Schlesinger
October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, environmental policy, faculty, food, lakes and streams, pesticides, toxicology, water, water pollution

A Requiem for Roundup?

The question of glyphosate safety revolves around the efficacy of the EPA standard (700 ppb) as a threshold for direct and epigenetic effects.

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William H. Schlesinger
September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 William H. Schlesingerclimate, faculty, marine studies

The Downsizing of Nature?

as a result of hunting pressure, intensive fishing, and warmer temperatures, we can expect the average size of most animals to decline

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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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