Slightly less than a year ago, I used this blog to provide an open letter to Donald Trump regarding the environment (http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/citizenscientist/some-thoughts-for-the-new-president/). My points were simple:
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Slightly less than a year ago, I used this blog to provide an open letter to Donald Trump regarding the environment (http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/citizenscientist/some-thoughts-for-the-new-president/). My points were simple:
It is perhaps difficult to imagine metals falling from the sky, but fall they do. Pollution of roadside soils and lake waters by the atmospheric deposition of lead and mercury...
As you may be looking forward to a holiday vacation on cross-country or alpine ski slopes, it is worth looking at the impacts of skiing on the environment, and vice-versa....
I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with outdoor Christmas lights. Growing up in northern Ohio, my father always waited until a few days before Christmas to begin stringing the lights...
Most plants respond to warm and cold temperatures. Give them a few warm days in spring and they will begin to grow. Give them a few cool days in autumn,...
It’s been more than 50 years since Rachel Carson penned Silent Spring, exciting public interest in the impacts of chemicals that we add to the environment in pursuit of a better...
Ecologists spend a lot of time talking about productivity and diversity. These terms are used somewhat differently than in daily conversation, so it’s worth discussing the differences here.
For ecologists,...
“Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” is a quotation attributed to Ben Franklin. Today, some folks think they can (or should) avoid taxes, but death...
