(Photo by: QAI Publishing/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) by Bill Schlesinger The concentration of methane in Earth’s atmosphere is increasing rapidly, which concerns atmospheric chemists because methane is a…
by Bill Schlesinger Reposted from April 2016 due to the current controversy about fluorine in drinking water A few weeks ago, I read an article describing outrage among a group…
by Bill Schlesinger Ah, the smell of a new car. To get inside a new car for a drive with friends is part of the American experience. The “new car…
by Bill Schlesinger Bringing carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere down to preindustrial levels will be a daunting task, including reducing current emissions and removing the CO2 that has accumulated from…
by Bill Schlesinger Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river Proud Mary by Credence Clearwater Revival, 1969 When the U.S. Supreme Court, now with a largely Trump-appointed conservative majority, overturned the Roe…
by Bill Schlesinger Deep underfoot in most regions of the world is a zone where the fractures in bedrock are filled with water—known as groundwater–constituting the water table. Globally, the…
by Bill Schlesinger A tradition in fisheries management is to throw back the little fellows, so they can grow up, and keep the big ones. Who doesn’t like displaying the…
by Bill Schlesinger OUT / IN What’s Out; What’s in for 2024What’s Out …
by Bill Schlesinger “We have ended the war on beautiful clean coal,” Donald S. Trump, State of the Union 2018. So, it is recorded for history, Donald Trump’s misunderstandings of…
by Bill Schlesinger It is not often that environmental scientists get to weigh-in on a new technology before it is implemented. Usually we end up complaining about the aftermath. But,…