Sentences with phrase «noise pollution at»

Mair sees the residents» struggle with air and noise pollution at the expense of quality - of - life as a glaring example of what some call «environmental racism.»

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There are ongoing, long standing campaigns against proposed expansions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted by local residents groups and environmentalists who are particularly concerned about noise and air pollution.

At 10:30 a.m., Rep. Joe Crowley is joined by elected officials, civic organizations, advocates and community members to announce the Silent Skies Act to address aircraft noise pollution in communities surrounding airports in Queens; LaGuardia Airport's Marine Air Terminal Rotunda.

We know that that laying more tarmac at either Heathrow or Gatwick will bust any hope we have of meeting our climate change commitments, and inflict noise and air pollution on already blighted local communities.

Research at other parks investigates a wide range of other environmental threats, including air and noise pollution and invasive species.

Pam Factor - Litvak, an epidemiologist at Columbia University not involved in the study, notes that it's possible the associations between fracking and poor infant health could be due to other factors besides pollution, such as extreme levels of maternal stress, perhaps due to noise and continuous traffic to and from the sites.

The study is the first to give a global overview of all current plans to mine the seabed, in both national and international waters, and looks at the potential impacts including physical destruction of seabed habitats, creation of large underwater plumes of sediment and the effects of chemical, noise and light pollution arising from mining operations.

Humpback whales are still at risk from indirect threats such as pollution, fishing gear entanglement, shipping, and underwater noise.

And they built a sound model... so to get at an idea of noise pollution, we used two thresholds: where anthropogenic noise raises sound levels three and 10 decibels above natural.»

However, noise pollution poses novel threats to these protected areas, according to a first - of - its - kind study from scientists at Colorado State University and the U.S. National Park Service.

At LAB, she studies the effects of artificial sound sources and noise pollution on invertebrates (Cephalopods, Molluscs, Gastropods, Cnidarians, Crustaceans) and fish through Electronic Microscopy and Proteomic techniques.

Prior to this she studied at the University of St Andrews and Scottish Association for Marine Science, assessing the extent of underwater noise pollution from Acoustic Deterrent Devices used at fish farms on the west coast of Scotland.

I accept that noise at a level that could cause physical harm would constitute «pollution» but given that wind turbine noise is more of a small background hum at distance of about 400m, that falls far short of a reasonable threshhold for measurable harm.

Environmental issues discussed at the conference included noise pollution, construction waste, sewage treatment, and water pollution.

Existing studies barely, if at all, touch upon the topics of noise pollution, light pollution, invasive species, water quality and quantity, and carbon sequestration.

The study presented in the journal BioScience analyzed 276 published peer - reviewed articles that looked at the landscape effects of oil, natural gas, and wind production infrastructure worldwide, in order to compare their impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services — wildlife mortality, habitat loss and fragmentation, noise and light pollution, invasive species, and changes in carbon stocks and freshwater resources.

Rachel Buxton, a post-doctoral researcher at Colorado State University's Warner College of Natural Resources and lead author of the study, led a team of researchers that recorded sounds at 492 sites across the country in order to quantify the extent of noise pollution in the U.S. Using baseline sound levels for each study area established by machine learning algorithms that took into account geospatial features of the area, the researchers determined that anthropogenic noise pollution exceeds three decibels (dB), essentially doubling background sound levels, in 63 percent of the nation's protected areas.

Curiously in all this while they also say capitalism should be totally free, while also saying pollution noise etc. must be regulated by laws and litigation — they are also excellent at saying laws have no effect but that environmental improvements were inspired by a sort of capitalist altruism.

The second is that, whether at rest or in motion, electric vehicles typically produce less vibration and noise pollution than vehicles powered by an internal combustion engine.

The initial # 5 (about $ 8 at the time) charge on all motorists driving into the center city between 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. immediately reduced the number of vehicles, permitting traffic to flow more freely while cutting pollution and noise.

As far as noise pollution goes, the A50 lacks active noise cancellation and subsequently isn't quite as adept at blocking outside noise as other headphones.