«Powerful new dataset reveals patterns of
global ozone pollution.»
Not exact matches
Global warming, the
ozone hole, overpopulation, starvation and malnutrition, war, unemployment, the destruction of species and the rain forests,
pollution of water and air, pesticide and herbicide poisoning, errors in genetic engineering, erosion of topsoil, overfishing, anarchy and crime, the possibility of a nuclear mishap, chemical warfare or all - out nuclear war: together, or in some cases singly, these dangers threaten to «catch us unexpectedly, like a trap.»
By the late 1980s it became clear that
global atmospheric
pollution causing both the greenhouse effect and the hole in the
ozone layer had become critical threats to life on earth (Henderson - Sellers & Blong 1989).
There is also growing understanding of the links between atmospheric problems such as local air
pollution, acid rain,
global climate change and stratospheric
ozone depletion.
The EPA says
Global Companies LLC, which operates a major crude oil ship - loading terminal at the Port of Albany, has run afoul of federal air
pollution standards and has been emitting more
ozone - producing compounds than they say they are.
Despite the continuing evidence of the growing contribution of vehicle
pollution to
global warming, acid rain and ground level concentrations of
ozone, there is scant sign of concerted thinking on what should be done.
Increases in
global temperatures could cause associated increases in premature deaths related to worsened
ozone and particle
pollution.
The rapid disappearance of species was ranked as one of the planet's gravest environmental worries, surpassing
pollution,
global warming and the thinning of the
ozone layer.»
It also found evidence that NASA headquarters press officials canceled a press conference on a mission monitoring
ozone pollution and
global warming because it was too close to the 2004 presidential election.»
Global warming is widely viewed at the policy level as a
pollution problem like acid rain, smog, or the
ozone hole.
However, when Americans are asked to rank environmental concerns,
global warming is well below other issues, such as water
pollution, air
pollution, damage to the
ozone layer and the loss of tropical rain forests.
There are already many excellent volumes that capably expose the fraudulent theories about
ozone depletion,
global warming,
pollution, pesticides, cancer risks, nuclear power, PCBs, asbestos, acid rain, deforestation, carbon dioxide, biodiversity, soil depletion, etc. 2 Rather, we hope to demonstrate convincingly that concerns about the environment (some overblown, others completely fabricated) are being cynically exploited by influential individuals and organizations whose goal includes building a
global tyranny.
Increases in
global temperatures could cause associated increases in premature deaths related to worsened
ozone and particle
pollution.
Addressing the 1990
Global Forum in Moscow, he called for «ecologizing» society and said: «The ecological crisis we are experiencing today — from
ozone depletion to deforestation and disastrous air
pollution — is tragic but convincing proof that the world we all live in is interrelated and interdependent.
Air
pollution,
ozone depletion, acid precipitation,
global warming, desertification, smog production, and deforestation are but a few of the human impacts on the climate system that arise from the alteration of the mass and energy exchange with the atmosphere.
This accessible book presents in clear, jargon - free language the science of
global change, including human - induced climate change, the
ozone hole, acid rain, and air
pollution.
• And motivated by a clear desire to protect public health, the United States has long been a
global leader in the development and deployment of
pollution abatement technologies, from the creation of smokestack scrubbers to the invention of alternatives to
ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
It described trends such as the growing hole in the
ozone layer,
pollution and depletion of freshwater sources, overfishing, deforestation, plummeting wildlife populations, as well as unsustainable rises in greenhouse gas emissions,
global temperatures and human population levels.
In fact, when asked to name problems facing the nation, Americans would think of
pollution of drinking water, the
ozone hole, or the destruction of tropical forests ahead of
global warming.
Many policymakers view the problem of
global warming as a
pollution problem, similar to acid rain, smog, or the
ozone hole.
It has been suggested that a top - down allocation approach is more appropriate for boundaries where human activities exert a direct impact on the Earth (that is, climate change, ocean acidification,
ozone depletion and chemical
pollution), while a multiscale approach is more appropriate for boundaries that are spatially heterogeneous (that is biogeochemical flows, freshwater use, land - system change, biodiversity loss and aerosol loading).8 Even with a top - down approach and a single
global boundary, however, allocation is fraught with difficult ethical issues.
CAMS maps also demonstrate
ozone levels over the U.S. West Coast, nitrogen dioxide
pollution over Europe, and
global wildfire emissions.
The planetary boundaries hypothesis, first introduced by a group of leading earth scientists in a 2009 article in Nature, posits that there are nine
global, biophysical limits to human welfare: climate change, ocean acidification, the
ozone layer, nitrogen and phosphate levels, land use change (the conversion of wilderness to human landscapes like farmland or cities), biodiversity loss, chemical pollutants, and particulate
pollution in the atmosphere.
The controversy surrounding environmental policy has, perhaps surprisingly, arisen not so much from the issue of conserving non-renewable commodities such as fossil fuels or industrial metals, but from the increasing scarcity or overuse of renewable natural resources, causing problems such as water and air
pollution, or damage to
global commons such as the atmosphere or the
ozone layer.