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Forest Fires: When More is Better

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Posted on Mar 18 2010 by Daniel

TweetThis just in: Smokey the Bear had it all wrong.  Now it seems that only YOU can cause forest fires. There’s mounting evidence that our fire suppression program over the last few decades has actually made forest fires worse. Instead of allowing frequent, smaller burns that remove brush and tinder from the forest floor, we allow [...]


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  Tags: fire, forest, research Category: Carbon, Nature, Policy

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Posted on Dec 4 2009 by Daniel

TweetOnce upon a time, I was a research scientist.  I worked in biology and human health labs for almost ten years before changing careers to count carbon. As my current job began and I was asked to give presentations on carbon accounting and climate change, I knew I had better work on really understanding the [...]


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  Tags: climate change, research Category: Carbon, EcoMetrics

SciLights:The Life of a Building

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Posted on Jun 24 2009 by Daniel

TweetI think a lot about building energy use and how it contributes to the UNC Chapel Hill carbon footprint, but there’s a major energy user I can’t track because there are no meters in place to measure it. I’m talking about construction.  The University has grown dramatically over the last 10 years, expanding the built [...]


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  Tags: LCA, research, SciLights Category: EcoMetrics, Energy, InfoVis

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