Environment: «UV
sun radiation damages the top layer of skin and disrupts the skin's ability to make its own natural moisturising factors,» says Dr Hunt.
Not exact matches
But RF energy doesn't cause the DNA
damage that
radiation from the
sun or from X-rays does, according to the National Cancer Institute.
UV
radiation from the
sun can
damage not only the skin of your eyelid but also the cornea, lens and other parts of the eye.
With the southern
sun beating down through clear waters, tropical corals need something to protect their delicate tissues from
damaging doses of ultraviolet (UV)
radiation.
Although Proxima Centauri's dimness provides the planet with a balmy climate, the star is prone to outbursts of harsh X-ray and ultraviolet
radiation, which could
damage any chance of life on the planet — X-rays hit the surface 400 times more often than those from the
sun pummel Earth.
Unlike self - tanning lotions that essentially stain skin brown and provide minimal
sun protection, the drug activates the production of the dark form of the skin pigment melanin, which absorbs UV
radiation and diminishes
damage to skin cells.
Within our solar system, the
sun's wind of charged particles and
radiation forms a bubble called the heliosphere, which repels cosmic rays that can affect Earth's weather, eat away at the ozone layer and
damage DNA.
If the ultraviolet
radiation from the
sun damages human DNA to cause health problems, does UV
radiation also
damage plant DNA?
These might make the
sun look dim, possibly even dim enough to look at without discomfort, but they may do nothing to block infrared or ultraviolet
radiation that will cause permanent
damage to the retina and possibly lead to blindness.
When we lost our fur, the
sun's ultraviolet rays
damaged our newly exposed skin, which reacted by producing melanin, a pigment that absorbs the
sun's solar
radiation, explain anthropologists at Penn State.
It contains a lot of ozone, which helps block much of the
sun's biologically
damaging ultraviolet
radiation.
The ozone layer is crucial since it blocks out the harmful ultraviolet
radiation from the
sun known to increase the risk of skin cancer and cataract
damage, in addition to other harmful effects on plants and animals.
Furthermore, vitamin C is now being studied for its role in protecting the skin from UV
radiation damage, which is hopeful for helping
sun spots and wrinkles fade and promoting youthful - looking skin.
Melanin molecules absorb ultraviolet
radiation from the
sun, protecting you from tissue
damage as a result of
sun exposure.
As the plant matures and grows this bright red fruit, it has to develop these powerful antioxidants to protect the fruit from the
damage caused by the powerful doses of the
sun's
radiation and photosynthesis.
Yet another promising power is the inhibition of
sun damage from UVB
radiation.
The plant needs the
sun's energy to grow, but it must also try to protect itself from the DNA -
damaging effects of UV
radiation.
This may have to do with vitamin E's antioxidant properties — it can help fight cell
damage caused over time by things like pollution and
radiation from the
sun.
Much of it is in the lower part of the stratosphere, where it absorbs UV
radiation from the
Sun which can
damage DNA in plants, animals and humans if it reaches the Earth's surface.
The ozone layer filters out dangerous ultraviolet
radiation from the
sun that can cause skin cancer and
damage many life forms.
The Montreal Protocol is a multilateral environmental agreement that is successfully preventing massive
damage to human health and the environment from excessive ultraviolet
radiation from the
sun by phasing out the production and consumption of substances that deplete the ozone layer.
Not only is ozone a greenhouse gas, it also protects us from
damaging ultraviolet
radiation from the
sun, so its presence is important to us.