Sentences with phrase «higher ozone pollution»

In reality, carbon dioxide is of course a factor in climate change, and higher temperatures can lead to higher ozone pollution and pollen levels that trigger more asthma attacks.

This week, Maine physicians joined U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy at the White House to declare climate change a public health threat due to the likelihood of more frequent heat waves and higher ozone pollution.

Not exact matches

Ozone doesn't just live high in Earth's atmosphere; near the ground, it contributes to smog, and ground - level ozone has gradually increased in most places because of industrial pollution from vehicles and fossil - fuel burOzone doesn't just live high in Earth's atmosphere; near the ground, it contributes to smog, and ground - level ozone has gradually increased in most places because of industrial pollution from vehicles and fossil - fuel burozone has gradually increased in most places because of industrial pollution from vehicles and fossil - fuel burning.

«While our study mainly followed SC infants, we also had the opportunity to assess a small sample of pregnancies that were conceived through ART, and observed a higher impact of air pollution — particularly with regard to ozone exposure.

Gary Cohen, president and founder of the Massachusetts - based nonprofit Health Care Without Harm, said in a telephone interview that the risks of climate change to both the health of U.S. citizens and the U.S. health care delivery system is profound, particularly in urban areas, where warming average temperatures are exacerbated by the heat island effect and high concentrations of other air pollution like ozone and particulate matter.

But if there is high pressure below, then pollution will descend and planes could fly higher without damaging the ozone layer.»

Ozone was recorded at 160 micrograms per cubic metre, a level considered moderate - to - high on the UK's pollution index and almost twice as high as Aberdeen, which had the UK's worst ozone levels at time of wriOzone was recorded at 160 micrograms per cubic metre, a level considered moderate - to - high on the UK's pollution index and almost twice as high as Aberdeen, which had the UK's worst ozone levels at time of wriozone levels at time of writing.

Wheat in all the major production regions is more sensitive to ozone pollution than to higher temperatures, for instance.

China and South Asia, on the other hand, will see the most ozone - related damage to wheat, rice and soybean crops because of the chronically high levels of toxic air pollution.

North of Los Angeles, the area also has the second - highest level of ozone pollution in the U.S. Mountains surround the valley on three sides, creating inversion layers that trap pollution, with little wind to carry it away.

As my city (Denver CO) becomes inundated with high pollution and ozone days..

Higher levels of extinction (41 — 60 %) had effects rivalling those of ozone, acidification, elevated CO2 and nutrient pollution.

Similar negative effects occur with worsening air pollution — higher levels of ground - level ozone smog and other pollutants that increase with warmer temperatures have been directly linked with increased rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease — food production and safety — warmer temperatures and varying rainfall patterns mess up staple crop yields and aid the migration and breeding of pests that can devastate crops — flooding — as rising sea levels make coastal areas and densely - populated river deltas more susceptible to storm surges and flooding that result from severe weather — and wildfires, which can be ancillary to increased heat waves and are also responsible for poor air quality (not to mention burning people's homes and crops).

«With our hot, dry summers, we tend to see higher ozone levels because ozone is formed with a combination of air pollution and sunlight.

As the climate has become warmer, weather patterns change, contributing to higher levels of air pollution like ground - level ozone that can «cause premature deaths, hospital visits, lost school days, and acute respiratory symptoms.»

Desert Mirage High School student, testifying during an EPA hearing on setting a more protective ozone pollution standard.

Requires the Administrator, upon notification from a state Governor that the statutory Reid vapor pressure limitation (RVPL) will increase emissions that contribute to air pollution in the state, to apply a substitute RVPL to fuel blends containing gasoline and 10 % denatured anhydrous ethanol that are introduced into commerce during the high ozone season.

However, when nitrogen oxides are present in high concentrations as a result of human - caused pollution, VOCs react with these pollutants to produce more ozone and methane.

That is the sum Cal State Fullerton's Jane Hall believes pollution is costing the Golden State on an annual basis, according to the LAT's Louis Sahagun: the result of over 3,800 premature deaths and illnesses associated with high levels of particulates and ozone.

Future climate change may cause either an increase or a decrease in background tropospheric ozone, due to the competing effects of higher water vapour and higher stratospheric input; increases in regional ozone pollution are expected due to higher temperatures and weaker circulation.

High ozone levels downstream of pollution sources can cause elevated OH radical concentrations, which in turn increases the concentration of condensable species and thus the potential for nucleation.