Sentences with phrase «impact on aquatic life»

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In addition to improving air and water quality, aquatic life and public health, the new technology would have an impact on inspiring new regulations.

Verdant has spent about $ 9 million thus far on its East River project; one third of the funds were spent on studies to gauge the potential impact of the turbines on vessel navigation, aquatic life and fish migration.

Whether this effluent should be processed is contentious; the Supreme Court is set to hear a consolidation of cases about the Environmental Protection Agency's requirements that power plants retrofit their systems to minimize impact on local water supplies and aquatic life.

Verdant has spent at least $ 9 million thus far on its East River project; one third of funds were spent on studies to gauge the potential impact of the turbines on vessel navigation, aquatic life and fish migration.

He studies the impact of very brief «pulse» exposures to contaminants and endocrine disrupters on aquatic life.

The impact of most of these «chemicals of emerging concern» on the health of people and aquatic life remains unclear.

His research work includes topics such as Baltic Sea food webs, ecological modeling, bioaccumulation of harmful substances, assessment of populations of aquatic species with several methods including hydro - acoustics — and recently, underwater soundscapes and impacts of underwater noise on marine life.

Both of the active ingredients have raised environmental concerns about their impact on bees, birds and aquatic life.

By supporting Georgia Aquarium, you are allowing us to continue making a positive impact on the health and welfare of aquatic life from around the globe and helping us remain at the forefront of aquatic science worldwide.

The concern is with direct impacts on fish and aquatic life, via wastewater discharges, as well as indirect impacts on human human health.

While working as a contractor at a Long Island - based power plant, Rob Weltner witnessed firsthand the devastating impact that the facility's outdated cooling water intake system can have on aquatic life.

Tar Sands and Unconventional Fossil Fuels In a previous post «Silence Is Deadly» I wrote, «The environmental impacts of tar sands development include: irreversible effects on biodiversity and the natural environment, reduced water quality, destruction of fragile pristine Boreal forest and associated wetlands, aquatic and watershed mismanagement, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, disruption to life cycles of endemic wildlife particularly bird and caribou migration, fish deformities and negative impacts on the human health in downstream communities.»

New video highlights impacts to aquatic life and public health, calls on clothing industry to solve problem FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 1, 2017 MEDIA CONTACT: Elisa Ringholm, [phone], [email protected] CALIFORNIA 3/1/17 — A new movie from a California - based nonprofit is putting pressure on the clothing industry to address a major emerging threat to aquatic life.

«But by strategically placing wetlands on less than 1 percent of the region's croplands, we'll be able to reverse the trend of significant losses in aquatic life, and improve flood resiliency for downstream communities with minimal impact to crop production,» she added.

Criteria Description Fish Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to fish (both saltwater and freshwater) Daphnia Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to Daphnia (invertebrate aquatic organisms) Algae Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to aquatic plants Persistence / Biodegradation Rate of degradation for a substance in the environment (air, soil, or water) Bioaccumulation Potential for a substance to accumulate in fatty tissue and magnify up the food chain Climatic relevance Measure of the impact a substance has on the climate (e.g., ozone depletion, global warming, etc.) Other Any additional characteristic (e.g., soil organism toxicity, WGK water classification, etc.) relevant to the overall evaluation but not included in the previous criteria 1.3.3 Material Class Criteria The following material classes are flagged due to the concern that at some point in their life cycle they may have negative impacts on human and environmental health.