Not exact matches
To compute how additional
pollution from ships
increases risk of disease for exposed populations, especially those living in
coastal communities or along major shipping lanes and far inland in some nations like India, the team incorporated important underlying health information from the World Health Organization and Global Asthma Network.
In the short term, with
increasing temperatures as well as local human - made threats like
coastal development,
pollution, and over-fishing, the study found that corals — tiny animals related to jellyfish — would be over-run by seaweed which would, in effect, suffocate them.
ref Specifically, reducing land - based sources of
pollution (nutrient runoff and sedimentation) has been identified as an important approach to address acidification in
coastal waters because nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen and land - based carbon inputs can
increase the acidity of
coastal and oceanic waters.
Bleaching can be caused by a host of human - induced and natural factors such as (top) intense sunlight combined with elevated water temperature; (middle) diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, and viruses; and (bottom)
coastal pollution that reduces water quality and
increases susceptibility to bleaching.
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).
EESI advances policy solutions that will result in decreased global warming and air
pollution; improvements in public health, energy security and rural economic development opportunities;
increased use of renewable energy sources and improved energy efficiency; and the protection of areas such as the Arctic and
coastal regions.»
Ocean acidification caused by carbon
pollution further damages fisheries, and
coastal storms
increase risks to villages and fishing fleets.
The poor condition of corals of the Florida Keys over the last three decades results from a combination of many factors, including effects of human population through
coastal development, overfishing, ship groundings, and water quality degradation from terrestrial, marine, and atmospheric
pollution (including temperature
increases).