Sentences with phrase «causing low oxygen conditions»
Aquatic species richness and abundance can decline, and in extreme cases salinization can prevent lakes from mixing - causing low oxygen conditions that smother aquatic life and reduce water quality.
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Landon was diagnosed with hypernatremic dehydration (a high concentration of sodium in the blood), cardiac arrest from hypovolemic shock (a condition where the liquid portion of the blood is dangerously low), and hypoxic - ischemic encephalopathy (a brain injury caused by oxygen deprivation).
This over-the-counter painkiller in rare cases may cause methemoglobinemia, a serious or life - threatening condition that lowers the level of oxygen in the bloodstream.
In rare instances, benzocaine can cause methemoglobinemia, a serious condition in which the amount of oxygen in the blood drops dangerously low.
«Similar to the «dead zone» nowadays spreading in the Gulf of Mexico, the soil crisis could have caused a worldwide expanse of uninhabitable low - oxygen conditions in shallow waters,» explains team member Henk Visscher of Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
RoR dams can cause a spike in methylmercury in two ways — they can form small reservoirs, called headponds, which flood soil and create slow - flowing, low - oxygen environments; or they can create higher temperatures in the stream as a result of the reduced flow conditions when portions of the stream are diverted to the turbines.
In sickle cell disease, a mutation in the beta - globin gene causes hemoglobin to polymerize under low - oxygen conditions in body tissues, deforming red blood cells.
The traditional explanation has been that low - oxygen conditions cause the body to build new red blood cells, making it easier to supply oxygen to muscles and vital organs.
Known as the «sulfur pearl of Namibia,» this anaerobic species digests organic matter under low - oxygen (or no - oxygen) conditions that are caused by high rates of phytoplankton growth in the Benguela upwelling zone, and the subsequent decay of large masses of dead phytoplankton that have fallen to the seafloor.