Sentences with phrase «of airborne pollution»

Suffused with an apparently supernatural light — the result of the lack of airborne pollution — devoid of any signs of the hand of man, the terrain appears immaculate, timeless.

Not too long ago there was the report that said Red Deer had higher levels of airborne pollution than what they should have.

Not exact matches

There are many ways to measure air pollution, but a key indicator is called «PM 2.5» — one of the most harmful classes of airborne pollutants.

The new study also found that snow takes up airborne particulate matter and alters the concentrations of different nanoparticles, the smallest particles found in air pollution.

Snow takes up airborne particulate matter and alters the concentrations of different nanoparticles, the smallest particles found in air pollution.

Extreme magnification, well beyond what is shown here, reveals airborne particles trapped in the crystals, which could provide a new way of studying acid snow and air pollution.

They act as porous bodies which influence local dispersion of pollution and aid the deposition and removal of airborne pollutants, making the air cleaner.

Candles are a major source of airborne particles that contribute to air pollution inside homes.

The research focuses on the power of minute airborne particles known as aerosols, which can come from urban and industrial air pollution, wildfires and other sources.

Scottish researchers have shown that airborne pollution is causing nitrogen to accumulate in the tissues of plants growing in threatened habitats such as sphagnum bogs, lowland heaths and heather moors.

Even the briefest increase in airborne fine particulate matter PM2.5, pollution - causing particles that are about 3 percent of the diameter of human hair, is associated with the development of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in young children, according to newly published research.

Even the briefest increase in airborne fine particulate matter PM2.5, pollution - causing particles that are about 3 % of the diameter of human hair, is associated with the development of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in young children, according to newly published research.

Architects Douglas Hecker and Martha Skinner of the design studio Fieldoffice dreamed up SuperAbsorber as they discussed how «barriers should be designed to absorb airborne pollution and light pollution, in addition to sound pollution,» Hecker says.

According to Italcementi, an Italian maker of photocatalytic cement, the airborne pollution of a large city could be cut in half if pollution - reducing cement were to cover just 15 percent of urban surfaces.

Richards also spends about 10 % of his time on research, developing wireless air sensor networks for detecting airborne pollution in real time.

The study finds that titanium dioxide coatings, seen as promising for their role in breaking down airborne pollutants on contact, are likely in real - world conditions to convert abundant ammonia to nitrogen oxide, the key precursor of harmful ozone pollution.

Scientists have long believed that acids formed from human - generated pollution and natural emissions dissolve iron in airborne particles — increasing the amount of iron to the ocean — but have lacked direct evidence to prove this theory.

In one sentence: Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that when miniscule particles of airborne dust, thought to be a perfect landing site for water vapor, are modified by pollution, they change cloud properties via ice crystal number concentration and ice water content.

In most affluent regions of the world, air pollution is regulated to reduce the risk to human health and natural ecosystems caused by these airborne toxins.

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that miniscule particles of airborne dust, thought to be a perfect landing site for water vapor, are altered by the pollution they encounter in the atmosphere during their cross-continental journey.

Why It Matters: Aerosols, tiny airborne particles of dust and pollution suspended in the atmosphere, affect the atmosphere and the surface of Earth by scattering and absorbing light.

Zelenyuk will discuss the chemical reactions that lead to these findings, direct evidence of the non-linear interactions between manmade pollution and natural airborne particles.

«If one city has a lot more airborne pollution than another,» Ward says, «that city will suffer the effects of light pollution on a much greater scale.»

Our faces, particularly for those of us who live in cities, are exposed to a daily assault of environmental toxins, free radicals, pollution, and sundry airborne nasties.

Don't «Tox» One of the reasons people feel like they need to «detox» is because they are introducing environmental toxins to the body through smoking, drinking and washing water, in certain foods, through food contact materials and plastics, via airborne pollution and through excessive drinking.

If we are incorrect then the down side will be reduced Health Care cost associated with airborne carbon pollution, asidification of the Oceans and end contamination of Fresh water supplies with sewage!

«We hope to achieve new technological solutions in order to lower airborne pollution from air travel and to change public perceptions of what is possible in the field of alternative aviation fuels and technologies,» she said.»

Scientists have suspected that pollution from airborne dust and soot play a role in cloud development, but a recent pairing of observed weather data along with computer modeling confirms it.

Conservation attacks some of the real problems you have identified, like airborne pollution, and limited resources, and excess waste.

Due to air pollution, the city also has higher fallout of airborne nitrogen — a fertilizer — which could have helped the trees as well, said Searle, but temperature seemed to be the main factor.

India's Center for Science and Environment (CSE) reports coal is responsible for 80 % of India's mercury pollution, 60 % of airborne particulate matter, 45 % of sulphur dioxide emissions, and 30 % of nitrogen oxide levels.

The effects on health statistics, can also be from other mechanisms say from volcanics where both extremal temps can prevail ie hot summers and cold winters such as laki where the airborne pollution was also a significant factor in both decreasing the availability of food (PAR) and respiratory ailments.

That peak likely is a result of airborne delivery of the pollutant, either by way of dust or precipitation depositing the pollution in the lake and surrounding land directly.

That definition — which includes «any air pollution agent..., including any physical, chemical,... substance... emitted into... the ambient air...,» § 7602 (g)-- embraces all airborne compounds of whatever stripe.

Human impacts on the climate system include increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons and their substitutes, methane, nitrous oxide, etc.), air pollution, increasing concentrations of airborne particles, and land alteration.

The M90 features «a cutting - edge triple filter technology» that is said to protect its wearers from a variety of factors in the air, ranging from industrial air pollution (such as particulate matter, or PM, ranging from 0.3 to 2.5 micrometers in size) to pollen, bacteria, and other airborne substances.

Warming from decade to decade can also be affected by human factors such as variations in the emissions, from coal - fired power plants and other pollution sources, of greenhouse gases and of aerosols (airborne particles that can have both warming and cooling effects).

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has listed three additional culprits: restricted habitat, airborne pollution, and a fungal pathogen that may well have been spread by human contact.