Studied
the effect of pollution on plants by studying leaf samples in lab and suggested ways to protect them
This evening, beginning with Earth, Wind & Fire at 7 / 6C, the Documentary Channel will be airing five consecutive hours of documentaries that deal with alternative power sources;
the effect of pollution on nature; the encroachment of development on the Amazonian rain forest, and the possibility of demand exceeding production of «cheap oil.»
The researchers will next examine
the effect of pollution on other weather events and climate change in China.
«We've shown that under clean and humid conditions, like those that exist over the ocean and some land in the tropics, tiny aerosols have a big impact on weather and climate and can intensify storms a great deal,» said Fan, an expert on
the effects of pollution on storms and weather.
Scientists have been interested in
the effects of pollution on Arctic clouds because of their potential warming effect.
The documented
effects of pollution on reef fishes suggest the potential for feed - back loops, with altered fish behaviour and abundances detrimentally affecting reef health.
Experts and dermatologists recommend cleansing as the first key step in minimizing
the effects of pollution on your skin.
Students study
the effects of pollution on Earth's finite water supply.
In the 1930s, a German scientist A. Kratzer was studying
the effects of pollution on trees in the Ruhr Valley.
This matcha green tea infused mask reverses the harmful
effects of pollution on the skin and unclogs pores; two things that every effective spot treatment ought to do.
Not exact matches
Now
of course in legal actions as in
pollution, some
effect on third parties is unavoidable and ethically permissible.
So by «safer» are you saying that gay people commit more crime or have more
of a detrimental
effect on pollution, overpopulation, or the other issues that indanger our world?
Using their own bodies as the reference point to tell the story
of pollution in our modern world, they expose the miscreant corporate giants who manufacture the toxins, the weak - kneed government officials who let it happen, and the
effects on people and families across the globe.
¨ Helen M. Callaghan, University
of Technology, Sydney, Australia (definitions
of pollution and dirt in childbirth and their
effect on / reflections
of structural relationships
of power), 2003.
She is currently involved in two new studies — one probing the
effects of air
pollution and the other examining the synergistic
effects of smog and diet
on respiratory well - being.
Altogether the information allowed the researchers to compare how the health
of infants responded to fires that had different
effects on pollution in their communities.
Existing research has often highlighted the adverse
effects of air pollutants
on lung function in school - age children and adolescents, but the
effects of a mother's exposure to
pollution on the lung function
of her unborn child and shortly after birth are less well known.
Clinical
effects of air
pollution on the central nervous system; a review.
In a linked editorial, Professor Peter Sly, deputy director
of the executive
of the Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, University
of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia says the study presents convincing evidence that prenatal exposure to
pollution has long - term
effects on lung function
of children.
The setting gave scientists the rare opportunity to look at the impact
of pollution on atmospheric processes in a largely pre-industrial environment and pinpoint the
effects of the particles apart from other factors such as temperature and humidity.
«I can tell you how that
effect varies based
on where an infant is relative to the source
of pollution.
Beyond that, we now have the evidence that reinforces earlier findings
on the
effects of ambient
pollution at large and can say that these
effects are very likely real, not just loosely correlated or tied up with other economic issues like household migration dynamics.»
During the five - year study, which was the first to examine the
effects of projected
pollution levels
on the rainforest canopy, local field assistants climbed each
of 10 trees at La Selva every couple
of weeks — five each from two tree species, Virola koschnyi and Lecythis ampla.
«The many adverse
effects of air
pollution on human health support continued efforts to reduce this burden.»
«Although the link between traffic - related air
pollution and left ventricular hypertrophy, heart failure, and cardiovascular death is established, the
effects of traffic - related air
pollution on the right ventricle have not been well studied,» said lead author Peter Leary, MD, MS,
of the University
of Washington Medical Center in Seattle.
«We will be conducting extensive testing
of our athletes to evaluate the
effect of Beijing's air
pollution on lung function,» he says.
This latest research is part
of continuing studies into the
effects of air
pollution on bees.
«In the years to come, we're going to have major increases in all types
of chronic illnesses,» he continued, ticking them off
on his fingers, «in respiratory illnesses, in heart disease, in increases in heart attacks and strokes because air
pollution increases blood clotting, and in its
effects on developing fetuses — there is so much fallout from air
pollution.
Research
on coal burning in China offers powerful evidence
of air
pollution's
effect on public health
The idea that night light could have broad knock -
on effects on daytime pollinators is still speculation at this point, says ecologist Darren Evans
of Newcastle University in England, who also studies light
pollution and pollination.
Ilina Krishen became aware
of the dangers
of smoking and chemical air
pollution when she saw the
effects of lung disease
on family members.
The researchers hope an added bonus could be understanding how pollutants are transported and transformed as air is pushed along the tropics, which could have a direct
effect on people living downwind
of major air
pollution sources.
«The
effects of alpha - synuclein
on mitochondria are like making a perfectly good coal - fueled power plant extremely inefficient, so it not only fails to make enough electricity, but also creates too much toxic
pollution,» said Dr. Greenamyre.
Despite such findings, some scientists have argued that industrial workers often endure far higher concentrations
of pollution than exist
on city streets without suffering the same ill
effects.
By relying
on this well - validated prediction model, the team was able to include subjects who live in unmonitored and less - populated areas so that the
effects of air
pollution on all 60 million people could be analyzed regardless
of whether they lived in urban, suburban, or rural areas.
The negative
effect of imported
pollution on the US's ability to achieve its air quality goals is not wholly unexpected, according to Owen Cooper, a senior research scientist at the University
of Colorado and the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, who is familiar with the current study but not directly involved.
Titled «Modeling Sustainability: Population, Inequality, Consumption, and Bidirectional Coupling
of the Earth and Human Systems,» the paper describes how the rapid growth in resource use, land - use change, emissions, and
pollution has made humanity the dominant driver
of change in most
of the Earth's natural systems, and how these changes, in turn, have critical feedback
effects on humans with costly and serious consequences, including
on human health and well - being, economic growth and development, and even human migration and societal conflict.
Among the issues these committees were asked to look into this year were the possible dangers
of whale watching, the
effects of chemical
pollution on whales, how the IWC might protect dolphins, porpoises and other small cetaceans, and whether subsistence whaling by indigenous peoples should be subject to scientific management.
She cited the
effect of air
pollution control laws
on independent truckers and small farmers.
«Air
pollution is so obviously bad for lungs, heart, and other organs that most
of us have never considered its
effects on the developing brain.
In 2013, the science committee subpoenaed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over communications related to a controversial study
on the health
effects of air
pollution known as the Harvard Six Cities Study.
The study is the most detailed assessment to date
of the interwoven
effects of climate policy
on the economy, air
pollution, and the cost
of health problems related to air
pollution.
Amid demands for greater transparency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has responded to a subpoena from a congressional committee for decades - old data
on the health
effects of air
pollution.
The four - year study is the first real - world trial looking at the
effects of human behavior at the pump
on urban air
pollution.
Because
of the
effects of heavy metal
pollution on environmental and human health, measurement is critical — both in determining current levels and in documenting historical levels.
«Given the growing evidence that
pollution affects babies in utero, it should not be surprising that fracking, which is a heavy industrial activity, has negative
effects on infants,» said co-author Janet M. Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor
of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University.
Application is an environmental issue in industrialized countries like the United States because
of high energy input, increased greenhouse gas emissions, water
pollution and other adverse
effects on ecosystems and human health.
And she goes
on to say that even though the size
of the
effect seems relatively small, the ubiquitous nature
of ambient air
pollution exposure suggests that exposure to it might have considerable impact
on stillbirth risk at the population level.
Concerned over the long - term
effects Elin Sørhus has investigated the short term
effects of oil
pollution on haddock roe and larva, but there are indications that the long - term
effects also are very serious.
The amount
of energy being trapped
on Earth continues to rise at a quickening pace, because
of the
effects of the thickening cloud
of greenhouse gas
pollution in the atmosphere, but more
of that energy than usual has been ending up in the oceans.