Sentences with phrase «of urban smog»

Fresh soot may be the root of urban smog.

These hydrocarbons, together with olefinic minor LPG components, furnish substantial amounts of hydroxyl radical reactivity, a major precursor to formation of the ozone component of urban smog.

Beyond the gardens lies the industrial sprawl of Hangzhou, China; a thick cloud of urban smog hangs just a few feet above the party.

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The move comes as car makers and investors are pumping in billions of dollars into the so - called new energy vehicle sector in China, the world's biggest auto market, which is preparing to roll out tough norms to promote the sector to fight urban smog and cut dependence on imported oil.

I walked from that «Christian» gathering wanting to bathe away the residue of the poisoned air that hung in the room like urban smog.

U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists grew weeds in three sites: an organic farm in western Maryland, a park in a suburb of Baltimore, and in downtown Baltimore, which is choked with smog and about 3 to 4 degrees warmer than the surrounding countryside because of the urban heat island effect.

The environment has emerged as one of Beijing's key priorities amid growing public disquiet about urban smog, dwindling and polluted water supplies and the widespread industrial contamination of farmland.

THE sheer number of particles in urban air pollution may be the critical factor that pushes up death rates from heart and lung problems when cities are hit by smog, according to Anthony Seaton, professor of environmental and occupational medicine at the University of Aberdeen.

«Ozone and nitric oxide are both contributors to urban smog, so depending on how well a city is able to mitigate air pollution, ethanol may not be the «green fuel» that it is often called,» said Geiger, professor of chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

And in, population - dense urban areas - where enough suspended particles can be amassed - it contributes to the formation of the visible haze called smog.

It's a production designer's coup de cinema, a nightmare version of megalopolis, an urban landscape without sun, seen through a smog of pollutants and despair.

But through the haze of smog - clouded urban hellscapes, Se7en stands alone, providing a moral grounding that stabilizes the constant existential horror of its anonymous American city.

We coasted through the small towns surrounding Tirana, absorbing the paradoxes of Albania: rural versus urban, cattle versus traffic, and fresh mountain air versus the noise and smog of the city.

This area is a glimpse into what California looked like hundreds of years ago, before urban sprawl, before smog and pollution, before Kim Kardashian.

In 1981 Denny moved to Los Angeles, where the urban environment and often smog - hazed natural light inspired him to develop a new aesthetic featuring large monochrome thick - layered acrylic surfaces on which concentrated clusters of coloured scratchings rest on thin horizontals.

Lowry's signature idiom is genre - painting or urban landscape, notably pictures of «matchstick» figures drawn against industrial buildings, often bathed in white smog.

While the effects of some pollutants like PM2.5 in urban smog are well known, significant data gaps remain for other disturbances.

And even better, none of the pollutants are emitted from the tailpipe — so they don't aggravate urban smog.

Taller chimney stacks and the banning of heavy industry from urban areas were just two of the measures introduced and, consequently, fewer smogs were recorded in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s.

The presence of a brown - coloured haze over urban areas is an indication of photochemical smog, and among its side effects are people experiencing breathing difficulties and asthma attacks.

Known primarily for its staggering level of smog, sprawl - heavy urban planning and inveterate automobile culture, Los Angeles has been slow to bolster its green credentials, having only recently embarked on a series of initiatives aimed at redressing its eco-image.

UHI can affect the climatic comfort of the urban population, potentially related to health, labour productivity and leisure activities; there are also economic effects, such as the additional cost of climate control within buildings, and environmental effects, such as the formation of smog in cities and the degradation of green spaces.