Sentences with phrase «pollution increases»

Plastic pollution increases risk of devastating disease in corals.

However, this study investigated whether rapid increases in pollution increase the risk of heart attack, independently of an absolute threshold.

It dealt with such issues as air, water and soil pollution the increasing depletion of finite resources, including minerals and fossil fuels; and the population explosion.

«Air pollution increases risk of early death in Gothenburg.»

My growing interest in rural pollution increased the frequency of these encounters, as it lies at the core of China's conflicted path to development.

«Rapid pollution increases may be as harmful to the heart as absolute levels: Study authors call for more research that could guide EU pollution regulations.»

Professor of Conservation Science and Director of the Centre for Ecology & Conservation at the University of Exeter's Penryn campus and the lead author warned that as plastic pollution increases more and more turtles are likely to become entangled.

Exposure to high levels of air pollution increased stress hormone levels and negative metabolic changes in otherwise healthy, young adults in a recent study conducted in China.

Lead pollution increased gradually during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, coinciding with the development and expansion of metallurgy in southern Europe.

«In the years to come, we're going to have major increases in all types of chronic illnesses,» he continued, ticking them off on his fingers, «in respiratory illnesses, in heart disease, in increases in heart attacks and strokes because air pollution increases blood clotting, and in its effects on developing fetuses — there is so much fallout from air pollution.

Light pollution increases host competence to West Nile Virus in a reservoir species.

The research reveals that the solar dimming due to air pollution increased significantly during the day in polluted areas in China, when wind speed was lower than 3.5 metres per second.

After the Olympics, air pollution increased rapidly again.

For instance, it has been shown that artificial light during the night suppresses immune function [13] and advances timing of reproductive physiology [14], air pollution increases antioxidant activity [15] and traffic noise shortens early - life TL [16].

And in 2016, Neidell and colleagues reported that as fine particulate matter pollution increased in Manhattan, same - day returns on the New York Stock Exchange declined.

They compared those simulated Coral Sea temperatures with those in modeling runs where climate - changing pollution increased at current rapid rates.

Global warming pollution increases 3 percent Seth Borenstein (AP Science Writer), 9/25/08 [I found this on my news service and include the opening paragraphs below.]

Like you, President Obama understands that reducing toxic mercury pollution increases the possibilities to dream big.»

It is disingenuous at best to cite instances of local pollution reduction alongside increased economic growth in the rich world as evidence of decoupling when those reductions were made possible only because of much larger pollution increases elsewhere.

Such pollution increases cloud cover to cool the Earth's surface, reduces evaporation and, in turn, slows the momentum of air current bands that drive the global climate.

The report issued by Delhi's Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) found that last winter, pollution increased for the first time since 2000 and that already this year levels are fast approaching what they were before the city's CNG program.

However, no small amount of acrimony has developed around the process, as Jerusalem's light rail system has bogged down into enormous delays and cost overruns, and Tel Aviv's mythical subway project proceeds at a snail's pace while traffic and air pollution increase exponentially.

Air travel is incredibly polluting and an increase will guarantee pollution increases unless harsh steps are taken to mitigate the risk of pollution.

«Air pollution increases risk of insulin resistance in children.»

«Bees» ability to forage decreases as air pollution increases.»

There is longstanding evidence that exposure to high concentrations of air pollution increases the risk for several diseases including heart attacks and European Union (EU) statutory pollution limits are based on absolute upper values.

As cities spread into surrounding territories, roadways clog, pollution increases, social inequities expand, and the costs of municipal services like sewers and the police rise.

It may be that grass pollens become more allergenic when combined with air pollutants so that the benefits of greenspace diminish as pollution increases.

By 2004, the American Heart Association published a consensus statement in Circulation laying out «a strong case that air pollution increases the risk of cardiovascular disease,» the leading cause of U.S. deaths.

«The evidence base for a role for maternal exposure to air pollution increasing the risk of autism spectrum disorders is becoming quite strong,» said Weisskopf.

The team reported in the current issue of Atmospheric Environment that, as air pollution increases, hydrocarbons» lifetime and travel distance decreases.

Scientists have long known that air pollution increases the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases including atherosclerosis and heart failure, but are uncertain how the two are connected.

The team found that in all cases, pollution increased the size, thickness and duration of the anvil - shaped clouds.

«Based on this, we think that 8 - iso is a marker related to one of the underlying biological mechanisms by which outdoor air pollution increases the risk of experiencing asthma symptoms, asthma attacks or the need for use of asthma medications.»

So long as consumerism increases, pollution increases?

In the early stages of economic growth degradation and pollution increase, but beyond some level of income per capita (which will vary for different indicators) the trend reverses, so that at high - income levels economic growth leads to environmental improvement.

There is consistent evidence that indoor air pollution increases the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and of acute respiratory infections in childhood, the most important cause of death among children under 5 years of age in developing countries.