Sentences with phrase «of human pollution»

But to deny the effects of human pollution is like denying that smoking is harmful because of a single study that was inconclusive, or because a single study showing ill effects was shown to be flawed.

Perhaps the potential role of human pollution in causing a «devastating drought» sits too uncomfortably with the intended message of «positive impacts» from global warming.

You can also note that Antarctica itself is not free of human pollution or exploration.

Space debris is perhaps the most nascent form of human pollution.

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Derischebourg pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor pollution citation for the stream of water that contained human tissue.

Fine particulate pollution is a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets, many times smaller than a human hair.

On top of this are regional health concerns, such as pollution and tropical diseases, and human rights issues.

Coral reefs are dying: We've already lost half the world's coral because of human activity like dredging the sea floor, pollution, and emitting greenhouse gases that warm ocean waters and make them more acidic.

The preponderance of current data indicates that the most likely cause of the current speed of change is human pollution.

This ideology is the basis for a mode of production, especially in the affluent countries, whose thirst for profit and for irrational expansion has not only promoted the pauperization of the majority of the planet's human population but has also led to the plundering and pollution of nature.

In recent years there has risen a new type of the same concern in that the advancement of human ability to control and manipulate the natural forces by means of science and technology has created life threatening situation in terms of the pollution, nuclear weapons, and intervention of the natural process with the unforseen consequences.

In the long run, these ways of reducing our use of exhaustible resources and our contribution to pollution also save us money, and this can be used to meet human needs that are more urgent than our comfort.

We now know that nature can not take care of itself, that human beings can degrade it not only locally but globally, that the species God created and saved from the flood are threatened by human expansion into their habitats, destruction of their food supplies, pollution of their air and water, and excessive hunting and fishing.

For example, we should stop «hunting for sport or furs; farming minks, foxes and other animals for their fur; capturing wild animals (often after shooting their mothers) and imprisoning them in small cages for humans to stare at; tormenting animals to make them learn tricks for circuses, and tormenting them to make them entertain the folks at rodeos; slaughtering whales with explosive harpoons; and generally ignoring the interests of wild animals as we extend our empire of concrete and pollution over the surface of the globe» (ALNE 23).

Vestigial features, study of ebryonic development, biogeography, DNA sequencing, examining pseudogenes, study of endogenous retroviruses, labratory direct examination of natural selection in action in E-Coli bacteria, lactose intolerance in humans, the peppered moth's colour change in reaction to industrial pollution, radiotrophic fungi at Chernobyl all add to the modern evolutionary synthesis.

If the world continues to accept disappearing tree - cover, land degradation, the expansion of deserts, the loss of plant and animal species, air and water pollution, and the changing chemistry of the atmosphere it will also have to accept economic decline and social disintegration... such disintegration would bring human suffering on a scale that has no precedent...» 7

On the other hand efforts at genetic modification of seeds, plant and animal life can lead to dangers to human life itself as seen in the recent instances of the mad cow phenomenon in Britain and the pollution of chicken meat due to the dangerous chemicals in their feed.

One might argue that the effects of human - generated pollution have altered the normal weather patterns, but that's another argument for another forum.

But goals are also needed defining the next step which needs to be taken in any given area of human activity, whether it be in the local schools, in dealing with poverty, in fighting pollution, in combating racial discrimination, in ending the war in Vietnam, and so on.

The perception that Christians don't care about pollution, species extinction, and the social and human health consequences of land degradation can ultimately drive people away from Christ.

This is all quite sweet, of course, but it does totally obfuscate one essential part of the Deluge account, namely, that God is not willing to tolerate human depravity indefinitely and that human evil will bring destruction upon nature and upon innocent bystanders as well as on the evildoers themselves — a message that might seem particularly appropriate in an age of terrorism and environmental pollution.»

Since that was the lens through which I first considered problems like deforestation, pollution and lack of clean water, the recognizing the human cost was a key part of my own journey.

Tangible proof can be found by studying vestigial features, ebryonic development, biogeography, DNA sequencing, pseudogenes, endogenous retroviruses, labratory direct examination of natural selection in action in E-Coli bacteria, lactose intolerance in humans, the peppered moth's colour change in reaction to industrial pollution, radiotrophic fungi at Chernobyl... all of these things add to the modern evolutionary synthesis.

Do you vote to cut down on pollution so that the future generations of humans have water to drink and air to breathe?

There are signs that resources, one of which is the pollution absorption capacity of the planet, may not suffice for the five billion human beings already on the earth.

The economist Julian Simon says «the ultimate resource is human brains», implying that human technical ingenuity and prowess will solve all problems of resources and pollution.

Some analysts actually suggest that rising GNP in industrial countries now means mainly rising costs of pollution, environmental degradation and human suffering (Robertson 1978a).

This holds whether we are thinking of how to grow more grain in the tropics, reduce the birth rate, control inflation, stimulate economic growth, get rid of tooth decay, provide better health care, find some way to turn garbage into a useful resource, reduce air pollution, win the next election, avoid war with Russia, develop human potential, extend the length of life, or find a cure for cancer.

There is still little interest in changing the way growth is measured, but many of our leaders have now recognized that the pollution caused by industrial development threatens the human future.

Another supporter is Al Gore who stated that initiatives like Meat Free Monday «represent a responsible and welcome component of a comprehensive strategy for reducing global warming pollution and simultaneously improving human health.»

Because of commercial mining, chemical fertilizers and other human activities that lead to increased pollution, arsenic levels around the world have increased.

«A doomer is one who believes that problems of ecological overshoot, such as over population, climate change, pollution and especially peak oil, will cause the collapse of industrial civilization, and, a significant human population die - off.

GMOs are unlike any other form of pollution ever created by humans, and we have no way of knowing what the long - term consequences of altering our food sources this way may be.»

Governments are very keen to keep a lot of their work secretive, which historically has encouraged scandals, bribing, pollution, human rights violations, lobbying etc..

The result is a co-opted environmental health consciousness, an awareness of pollution's harm to the environment and human health, mixed with disempowerment to oppose it.

Can anybody fathom the magnitude and depth of harm galamsey has cost the Republic of Ghana in terms of human resource abuses, land degradation, evil consequences on farming, water pollution and evil climate change (s).

More than 100 years later, an international team of scientists that includes a NASA researcher has proven that air pollution from industrial activities arrived to the planet's southern pole long before any human.

These aerosols outweigh all other human sources of fine - particulate air pollution in much of the United States, Europe, Russia and China, according to new research.

As Roger Short of the University of Melbourne writes in the introduction, «The inexorable increase in human numbers is exhausting conventional energy supplies, accelerating environmental pollution and global warming, and providing an increasing number of failed states where civil unrest prevails,» among other faults.

This pollution also finds its way into underground aquifers that supply our drinking water, so reducing it is a human health measure and could also save municipalities millions of dollars a year in drinking water treatment facilities and operational expenses.

Emissions from farms outweigh all other human sources of fine - particulate air pollution in much of the United States, Europe, Russia and China, according to new research.

This is why we need to protect buildings as well as humans in cities in future urban planning, so the strategic placing of hedges, trees and other green infrastructure can have a direct benefit as an air pollution control measure in cities.»

New research shows that human pollution of the atmosphere with acid is now almost back to the level that it was before the pollution started with industrialisation in the 1930s.

The team studied the impacts of sulphur emitted by ships using current marine fuels, which produce air pollution particles that are small enough to be breathed deeply into the lungs and are considered harmful to human health.

Water pollution is a large set of adverse effects upon water bodies (lakes, rivers, oceans, groundwater) caused by human activities.

Air pollution attributable to human activities outpaced the influence of forest fires on Arctic clouds by a factor of around 100:1.

Pioneered by Stamets, mycorestoration draws on the natural properties of mushroom - bearing fungi to fight human - made pollution.

The lion's share of human costs, however, comes not from accidents but from pollution, which makes fossilfuels the most dangerous form of energy generation (below).

«The increased rate of extinction in all habitats we are currently observing is attributable to the direct influence of humans, such as destruction of habitat, over-fishing and pollution.

BEIJING (Reuters)- China's Health Ministry will set up a national network within five years to provide a way of monitoring the long - term impact of chronic air pollution on human health, state media said on Monday.