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Elizabeth A. Albright
March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 Elizabeth A. AlbrightUncategorized

Seeking Refuge: Drilling in the ANWR

Jordan Scott The Gwich’in creation story tells that long ago, the Gwich’in and the caribou were one. As they separated into two beings, they became relatives and made an agreement. The land would sustain theContinue reading

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

Groundwater

In many areas groundwater decline appears to be accelerating,

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William Schlesinger
January 11, 2024 William 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 Schlesinger
December 12, 2023December 20, 2023 William 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 Schlesinger
November 20, 2023 William 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 Schlesinger
November 6, 2023 William 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 Schlesinger
October 23, 2023 William 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 Schlesinger
October 9, 2023 William 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 Schlesinger
September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 William 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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