Sentences with phrase «with urban pollution»

This will help with urban pollution.

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Since then, her ongoing research and those of dozens of colleagues have led to conclusions that urban pollution, particularly the kind you live with in dense areas like New York City, New Delhi, London, and Mexico City, is a critical health concern.

But with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the urban setting became known as the site of disease, pollution, crime, squalor and ugliness.

In urban areas, that smoke mixes with existing pollution from cars and factories creating a thick, deadly haze.

Urban air quality continues to be a primary health concern as most of the world's population currently lives in urban areas (54 % in 2014), and percentage is projected to rise to 66 % by 2050; this is coupled with the fact that one of the main global sources of air pollution in cities is traffic emissUrban air quality continues to be a primary health concern as most of the world's population currently lives in urban areas (54 % in 2014), and percentage is projected to rise to 66 % by 2050; this is coupled with the fact that one of the main global sources of air pollution in cities is traffic emissurban areas (54 % in 2014), and percentage is projected to rise to 66 % by 2050; this is coupled with the fact that one of the main global sources of air pollution in cities is traffic emissions.

In a typical urban area with a high level of background air pollution — for example, around 15 micrograms of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) per cubic metre, or a nitrogen dioxide concentration around 33 micrograms per cubic metre — an extra 300 trees per square kilometre was associated with around 50 fewer emergency asthma cases per 100,000 residents over the 15 year study period.

«We are already struggling with the number of cars we have in the streets of our cities; congestion, air pollution, road safety issues, health impacts from people driving all the time,» said Luc Nadal, technical director for urban development at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).

But we are living in a brighter world: urban environments are assaulted with light pollution, which has risen by up to 20 per cent per year in some cities.

With the developed system a significant reduction of air pollution in urban areas is expected, given the high frequency of cold starts and the low distances travelled.

Along with air pollution, smoking, low vitamin D levels, growing up in an urban environment and eating a lot of meats and sugars have all been implicated as risk factors for bowel diseases.

«What happens when you have urban and industrial pollution,» ACE - Asia scientist Huebert explains, «is that you wind up with so many small particles that you wind up with a very large number of very tiny droplets that are too tiny to settle out [of the cloud].

Studies associating urban death rates with air pollution have since drawn a tighter and tighter circle around fine particulate matter.

But with 24 - hour lighting, particularly in urban areas, comes severe light pollution that blocks our view of the night sky — a view that for millennia human beings before us took for granted.

The report, produced with Greenpeace India, uses power plant data compiled by former World Bank air pollution analyst Sarath Guttikunda, founding director of a Delhi - based organization focused on sharing scientific information called Urban Emissions.

Urban environments differ from natural habitats in many regards and are for instance associated with higher levels of anthropogenic pollution, such as traffic noise, artificial light pollution and air pollution, which enhance oxidative stress and inflammatory responses.

Increasing evidence suggests that urban heat island effects extend to changes in precipitation, clouds and DTR, with these detectable as a «weekend effect» owing to lower pollution and other effects during weekends.

By the end of the 1960's, the David Dunlap Observatory, being located near the major urban centre of Toronto, found itself plagued with the problem of light pollution.

So it's critical to replenish your antioxidant stores both internally and externally morning and night, and even more frequently if you engage in intense exercise, live in an urban center with lots of pollution in the air, or expose your skin to the sun.

Indoor pollution is generally higher than outdoor pollution unless you consciously reduce it by building your house with non-toxic materials, remove your shoes prior to entering your house and use an air filter in urban areas.

For example, the sixth graders begin a study of environment and health with an exploration of health and pollution issues in urban North America.

«Perhaps it is not surprising that profit margins take precedence over public health, but with transport emissions the main contributor to urban air pollution, resulting in nearly 10,000 early deaths a year in London alone and hugely decreasing quality of life for children, the elderly and those with pre-existing health complaints, the public should be utterly outraged by this news.»

On the non-governmental side, the Sustainable Cities Program at Energy Foundation China focuses on reducing carbon emissions and air pollution in urban areas with an emphasis on sustainable urbanization and transit systems.

The Injunction The original complaint — filed by the Urban Wildlands Group, Endangered Habitats League, Los Angeles Audubon Society, Palos Verdes / South Bay Audubon Society, Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society, and the American Bird Conservancy — was brought under the California Environmental Quality Act, with the plaintiffs arguing, for instance, that TNR «can cause significant adverse environmental impacts by causing proliferation of rats and raccoons and creating water pollution problems.»

«A development of this size would be like adding the city of Pleasant Hill to Concord and would affect not only people in the immediate vicinity, but other residents of Concord and nearby cities who would have to deal with increased traffic congestion, pollution, and urban sprawl,» said Gleason.

It appears to me that the family of humanity is beginning to come face to face with a myriad of growing global challenges — air pollution, sea and land contamination, global warming, peak oil, diminishing global supplies of grain, overfishing, the dissipation of Earth's scarce resources, desertification, deforestation, urban sprawl and autoban congestion are examples — the sum of which could soon become unsustainable, given a finite planet with the relatively small size and make - up of Earth.

It's clear to me that much can be gained, environmentally and economically (in part through reducing the huge health cost of urban pollution), through collaboration between the United States and China, as well as other countries in Asia with similar issues and opportunities.

Lee Schipper, a specialist on cities, transportation and pollution diving time between Stanford and Berkeley, is a frequent presence on Dot Earth and a source for me when pondering how the world heads toward nine billion mainly - urban humans with the fewest traffic jams and smog alerts.

WHO's third Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, which looked at the outdoor air in 3,000 cities, villages and towns across 103 countries shows that fast growing cities in Southeast Asia, Middle East and the Western Pacific felt the worst impact of air pollution with many of these cities having pollution levels between five to 10 times above the recommended levels.

A number of studies have explored the opportunities available to improve health and well - being as a result of adapting to climate change, 273 with many recent publications illustrating the benefit of reduced air pollution.2, 271,288,299,300,301,302 Additionally, some studies have looked at the co-benefits to climate change and health of applying innovative urban design practices which reduce energy consumption and pollution while increasing public health, 99,272,303,304 decrease vulnerability of communities to extreme events263, 264,303 and reduce the disparity between different societal groups.249, 305,306,307,308

Urban heat island - The relative warmth of a city compared with surrounding rural areas, associated with changes in runoff, the concrete jungle effects on heat retention, changes in surface albedo, changes in pollution and aerosols, and so on.

It is important to be careful because in the 1940s, the stations with lower DTRs often had lower TMAXs possibly due to urban pollution (wood burning or else...).

Thus the congestion with pollution created urban - heat - island effect at the surface and as well upto the level of skyscrapers through temperature inversions.

packed with common problems awaiting for solutions - global warming, urban air pollution, contaminants in drinking water / contains samples of distributions of variables, it is actually a very large Bayesian belief network, which can be used for assessment - level analyses and conditioning and optimising different decision / and discussions about the actual topics related to real - world decision - making, there is also a meta level in Opasnet.

Oke et al 1991 is a companion study that is much more informative about UHI, with interesting discussions of the contributions to UHI of canyon view, thermal storage, anthropogenic heat emissions, an urban greenhouse effect from additional pollution and moisture, surface emissivity etc..

Urban environments that may have extensive industrial areas and roads with attendant air pollution sources, also require regional models to accurately represent pollution generation, transport, dispersion, and chemical evolution.

It would be far better to spend some of the trillions being spent on the climate crusade to ensure that our infrastructure can cope with whatever weather extremes do occur; or tackling some real world problems such as terrorism, displaced people, water supply, urban air and water pollution, garbage and landfill.

With reduced sprawl, appropriate urban transport and use of wind and solar energy more and more, this pollution will disappear and improve all of our lives.

If urban sprawl just brings more commuting and therefore transportation and air pollution issues, not to mention eating up usable greenspace with more houses and big box stores, then the question comes as to how to construct new comes in a city that is already developed?

We also hope that the new downtown is developed with an eye toward easing pollution, not just by banning cars but also through the creation of an «urban lung.»

Fuelwood is not a suitable energy source in all locations, such as densely - populated urban areas, because its air emissions tend to be higher than other options, and the air is already burdened with pollution from industry and transportation.

Highlights Developed EPA presentation to help companies prevent violations Conducted legal research on Virginia environmental issues Assistance with depositions and discovery Classes on issues such as impact of pesticides, air pollution, urban sprawl, food safety, water safety Sitting for [month, year] Virginia Bar Examination Excellent research and analytical skills Well - rounded communicator and collaborator Experience Legal Research Intern 6/1/2015 — 8/1/2015 Virginia Attorney General's Office — Richmond, VA Researched case law to help attorneys with depositions and discovery.

Depending on where you live, whether in an urban city or in the suburbs, overpopulation remains an issue, and dealing with noise pollution has become a real responsibility.