Sentences with phrase «altered by the pollution»

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that miniscule particles of airborne dust, thought to be a perfect landing site for water vapor, are altered by the pollution they encounter in the atmosphere during their cross-continental journey.

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GMOs are unlike any other form of pollution ever created by humans, and we have no way of knowing what the long - term consequences of altering our food sources this way may be.»

While the biological mechanism by which exposure to pollution causes lower birth weights are not fully understood, the scientists speculate that several factors could play a role, including maternal inflammation, altered placental function, and reduced nutrient delivery to the fetus, which may impede fetal growth.

Air pollution particles may disrupt the barrier by making the gut more permeable to bacteria and possibly altering the composition of the bacteria.

The work showed that soot pollution could affect the people living there by altering the seasonal water supply.

By moving rapidly to a zero - carbon energy system — replacing coal, oil, and gas with wind, solar, geothermal and other zero - carbon energy sources, drastically reducing emissions of all other climate - altering pollutants and by adopting sustainable land use practices, humanity can prevent catastrophic climate change, while cutting the huge disease burden caused by air pollution and climate changBy moving rapidly to a zero - carbon energy system — replacing coal, oil, and gas with wind, solar, geothermal and other zero - carbon energy sources, drastically reducing emissions of all other climate - altering pollutants and by adopting sustainable land use practices, humanity can prevent catastrophic climate change, while cutting the huge disease burden caused by air pollution and climate changby adopting sustainable land use practices, humanity can prevent catastrophic climate change, while cutting the huge disease burden caused by air pollution and climate changby air pollution and climate change.

«These projected changes will significantly influence our lives by shrinking and degrading the quality of our water resources, increasing the risk of brushfires, worsening pollution and altering the timing and intensity of seasonal illnesses and other health hazards.»

Humans impact the Earth System by extracting resources and returning waste and pollution to the system, and simultaneously altering land cover, fragmenting ecosystems, and reducing biodiversity.1