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William Schlesinger
October 21, 2019October 24, 2019 William Schlesingeragriculture, carbon sequestration, climate, faculty, food

The Climate Underground

We can’t count on better management of soils to solve the climate crisis

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

Negative Emissions by Forests

Trees remove a lot of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

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William Schlesinger
October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 William Schlesingerair pollution, environmental health, faculty

Air Pollution vs. Cigarette Smoking

Just as second-hand smoke is a recognized health hazard, air pollution is increasingly recognized as being just as harmful to an individual’s health.

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William Schlesinger
September 29, 2019September 30, 2019 William Schlesingerbiogeochemistry, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty

Patriotism in a Globalized World

In a full planet isolationism is not relevant.

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William Schlesinger
September 17, 2019November 26, 2020 William Schlesingerenvironmental health, faculty, lakes and streams, waste, water, water pollution

When you flush

It is a lot to ask the microbial population in a septic system to break down chemicals that they have never experienced in nature, let alone those designed to inhibit their activities.

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William Schlesinger
September 9, 2019 William Schlesingercarbon sequestration, climate, faculty, renewable energy

Woody Biomass Fuels

Trees are the most efficient net-negative emissions technology that we know of.

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William Schlesinger
August 29, 2019 William 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.

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William Schlesinger
August 22, 2019August 23, 2019 William Schlesingerair pollution, carbon sequestration, climate, faculty, forests

The Forests are Burning

The incidence of forest fire is likely to increase in a warmer, drier world.

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William Schlesinger
August 12, 2019 William 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.

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William Schlesinger
August 1, 2019 William 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.

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