and to tackle the pollution of water supplies downstream in the Yangtze river. Other problems that the council plans to address include the dam's potential to cause seismic disasters,
Cut black carbon Curbing ground-level ozone pollution and emissions of black carbon (soot particles) could cut half a degree from the global warming that is projected by 2030,
for example from pollution from fertilisers running off of agricultural land, says Bob Watson, chief scientist for the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural affairs,
In each of these cases, simple steps to curb air pollution would promote public health; scaled up, they may offer the only realistic way to tame global warming over the next few decades.
By 2030, these reduction measures could prevent anywhere from 700,000 to 4. 7 Â million premature deaths from air pollution annually, the study found.
the assessment ranked hundreds of  options for reducing black carbon and ozone pollution according to their potential to reduce warming.
with premature deaths from pollution predicted to fall the most in India and China. Cuts to black carbon would yield the biggest reduction in warming in Africa, south Asia and the Arctic,
Without PM2. 5 monitoring, public assessments had underestimated always Beijing's air pollution, much to residents'anger.
soya bean and rapeseed causes a similar level of pollution to oil obtained from oil sands
China wants to stay firmly in control of monitoring its pollution. China's deputy environment minister last week demanded that foreign embassies stop their independent recording of the nation's air-pollution levels,
evaporation and pollution. What steps, if any, should the federal government take to secure clean, abundant fresh water for all Americans?
and pollution runoff. We are cleaning up the Chesapeake bay, establishing a"pollution diet for the Bay that will help restore the natural habitat for fish and other wildlife.
We have invested also over $1. 4 billion in Everglades restoration helping restore tens of thousands of acres
I have been working to improve transparency and public participation â oe for instance, by expanding public disclosure of pollution, compliance,
For example, his"Utility MACT rule is aimed purportedly at reducing mercury pollution, yet the EPA estimates that the rule will cost $10 billion to reduce mercury pollution by only $6 million (with an"m). This has stopped not the President from trumpeting the rule as"cost-effective and"common sense,
while claiming it will"prevent thousands of premature deaths. The trick? Making the rule so expensive that it will bankrupt the coal industry,
we are buying more oil and spending more on pollution-related health care, jokes Ildo Sauer,
and fall of a dome of pollution that caps the valley. Other instruments perched on towers are set to track air as it flows into the city
Cities produce plumes of pollution that scientists must characterize as the plumes evolve and disperse downwind.
while balloons and lasers measure the boundary between the pollution that sits over the city and the cleaner air above.
Nitrogen pollution soars in Chinanitrogen-containing pollutants from agriculture, transport and industry in China has increased by more than half in 30 years,
when emerging economies in Latin america and South Asia are likely to have the same nitrogen pollution problems as China.
According to a report commissioned by the United nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and launched on 18 february by the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management and International Nitrogen Initiative, nitrogen pollution causes US$200-US$2, 000
"It s time to curb global nitrogen pollution, says Sutton, who led the UNEP study.
Improving practices in agriculture the biggest contributor of nitrogen pollution worldwide should be a top priority,
Higher consumption of meat and diary products, especially in developed countries, has increased substantially global nitrogen pollution."
while reducing pollution and improving crop production. To make a real difference, he adds, "governments should join forces to better manage the global nitrogen cycle
and 40%have high levels of phosphorus. This nutrient pollution causes algal blooms (pictured; near the Iron Gate dam on the Klamath River in northern California), the breakdown of which saps water of the oxygen that aquatic life needs to survive."
hopes that the results will make people more aware of the pollution in Arctic waters."
where air pollution blots out sunlight.""Poor children were living in small houses, and they were running around outside,
in particular, is facing a major pollution problem from overuse of nitrogen fertilizer, which can harm air quality
and the Sun-shielding effect of pollution emitted by European industries, as they recovered after the Second world war.
Pollution curbs On 23 Â February, Colorado lawmakers adopted the first regulations in the United states for reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.
when the nation s government declared a state of emergency in response to the worst air pollution ever recorded in Southeast asia.
or just changes in the atmospheric environment. 1.)The sun cycles. 2.)The recent contribution by humans and the industrial revolution with the production of pollution of material and gases-CO2 and more. 3.)The extreme rare
and those who observe me do it would call it pollution via plastic c
#The World's Fastest Dog Vs. The World's Fastest Cat Video The cheetah the world's fastest land animal can race up to 75 mph for short bursts.
and consumption of Earths recourse while putting constantly into the environment pollution and yes environmental polluting gases
if the same technique will work for more complex scientific problems the energy crisis pollution water use and so forth.
and pollution because there weren't so many people living so close together (and garbage collectors weren't unionized so they never had garbage strikes).
and pollution adds up and becomes a big stinky deal. Suddenly he got a really Big Idea.
Pollution disease and poor sanitation are real problems with realistic achievable solutions. Here's a quick primer on differentiating between imaginary problems and real ones.
and less asphalt in an area keeps reduces air conditioning bills and air pollution. The researchers found that non-white Americans are more likely to live in census blocks that have little tree cover and more asphalt than white Americans.
During his State of the Union in February he promised to come through with executive actions to reduce pollution increase protection against the damage caused by climate change and transition us to cleaner energy sources.
It seems that he's following through pledging in his three-pronged plan to cut carbon pollution prepare communities
and lead the international effort to fight pollution and expand clean energy use. Americans across the country are already paying the price of inaction he noted in his Georgetown speech.
The main tenant of the new plan involves setting federal standards limiting carbon pollution from both new and existing power plants
and lead but there is no federal rule to prevent power plants from releasing as much carbon pollution as they want the plan states.
And while Obama called for America to lead by example when it comes to combating climate change carbon pollution is rapidly rising in developing countries he noted.
only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution. Because we typically all agree with what the government thinks is in our nation's best interest.
By the way Ms. Ferro by carbon pollution do you mean carbon monoxide (CO) or carbon soot black carbon?
I really hope you have a beach housethe main tenant of the new plan involves setting federal standards limiting carbon pollution from both new and existing power plants
And pollution just brings us clean and healthy lives without fewer waists of resources. laurenra7
Does taking our advise mean popsci as a whole are agreeing to police carbon pollution? or maybe a few authors and the editor are in favor of carbon police.
I wonder if humans behavior is to be policed under the presidents new carbon pollution position.
I believe there Earth is warmed by the sun cycles human induced pollution and gases and yes the changes of Earth magnetism too.
I don't see pollution being a big problem. Whatever happened to LOX and liquid hydrogen?
Its easier to grow around the need to minimize pollution than to completely overhaul the industry
I would rather add a little bit of pollution to our atmosphere if it means we can stop drilling mining
and caused a measurable drop in global temperatures worldwide as did Krakatoa in the 1800's--much more than human pollution did.
Americans are wealthy enough to afford expensive pollution controls to minimize emissions. In China not so much but they'll get there.
You don't seem to be aware that the pollution in the cities you named--Los angeles New york Tokyo Frankfurt London Paris--is LESS THAN it was 40 years ago
more efficient use of gasoline and other fossil fuels more efficient use of electricity less air pollution.
My SUV and the pollution of U s is compared nothing to the pollution output of Africa China Russia India
You can see the pollution can't you? We pump Billions of tons of carbon into the air annually
-Again pollution and greenhouse gas aren't always the same topic. Stop throwing them together.
Our production of CO2 is a pollution that adds to our overall greenhouse gas. It's a considerable amount of CO2
#Over Time, Nuclear power Would Kill Fewer People Than Petroleumusing nuclear power for energy instead of coal has prevented almost 2 million pollution-related deaths around the world
and Columbia University Earth Institute On the contrary nuclear power will prevent further deaths from air pollution they argue.
Even taking the disaster at Fukushima into account they calculate that global nuclear power has prevented about 1. 84 million air pollution-related deaths
We used to believe that dilution was the solution to pollution but we're at such a point in our'advancement'that our diluted pollutants are reaching toxic levels. 1. Nuclear power plants emit dangerous radiation into the air and water during their DAILY operations.
and in the future to reduce pollution prepare our communities for the consequences of climate change and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy Obama said.
and they cause REAL damage to the environment with all the pollution they spew out. We could cut our CO2 emissions to 0
Not the pollution--the drone. Texas House Bill 912--and similar laws under debate right now in Oregon
since the industrial revolution and the burning of fossil fuels humans are amplifying the warming and pollution.
and creating less pollution is a good thing. There is no devious plot behind it. It hit 117 in Austin back in 2008.
and pollution are for backroom conversation. They don't trade well on Wallstreet. Anyone remember the recent the housing market fiasco.
if the Beijing cough would convince the Chinese that the environment can not sustain that much pollution.
I also see the layer of pollution in the atmosphere. This is an issue humans have created.
In the U s. alone tailpipe emissions account for one-fifth of the nation's annual 5. 833 billion tons of greenhouse gas pollution according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.
What share of curbing present-day pollution will be taken by the world's poorer nations as well as the richest?
#Live-Blogging The United nations Climate Summit In December 2015 world leaders are scheduled to negotiate the final touches in a new international treaty to cut greenhouse gas pollution save forests
¢Under my administration the U s. is increasing energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas pollution (i e. I'm doing what
But no we're not going to mention putting a global price on carbon pollution or agreeing to legally-binding promises on greenhouse gas cuts.
If it cost money for businesses to pour greenhouse gases into the atmosphere the reasoning goes they'd start to cut down on that pollution. 10:25 a m
The only way to gain immunity to the deadly miasma is by consuming spirulina called the Viridis a blue-green algae loaded with protein and nutrients.
#New Air pollution Rules Tie Public health To Major Carbon Cutspower plants nationwide must cut their carbon dioxide pollution by up to 30 percent in less than two decades under the clean power plan released today by the Obama administration.
the amount of carbon pollution created per megawatt hour of generated electricity. Each state has an interim goal for reducing carbon intensity between 2020-2029 based on its mix of power sources in 2012 (the most recent year for
States may also collaborate to cut CO2 pollution under the rule. Connecticut Delaware Maine Maryland Massachusetts New hampshire New york Rhode island and Vermont are ahead of the game with their joint Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative formed in 2005 to create a market for carbon emission allowances also called
RGGI is credited with cutting the region's carbon dioxide pollution by up to 40 percent and lowering electricity bills after an initial spike New jersey left RGGI in 2011.
-and-trade program established in 2012 to help the state reach its goal of cutting greenhouse gas pollution to 1990 levels by 2020 and then another 80 percent beyond that by 2050.
Carbon pollution from power plants comes packaged with other dangerous pollutants like particulate matter nitrogen oxides
Mccarthy's sharp tone was of a piece with the Obama administration's recent pugnacity in affirming the scientific evidence that carbon pollution created by human activities has destabilized the climate
#8 Steps To Sustainable Meat And Milkglobally deforestation driven by clearing land for cattle alone accounts for close to one-fifth of global greenhouse gas pollution.
and air pollution the latter largely methane a powerful heat-trapping gas that contributes to destabilizing the climate.
#Ethanol blends carry hidden riskblending more ethanol into fuel to cut air pollution from vehicles carries a hidden risk that toxic
In as many as four out of ten cases the actual pollution of surface waters was calculated higher than
Accordingly we need data on the pollution of surface waters with pesticides to be collected regularly and independently in Germany as well.
but also contributed to global warming and the pollution of aquifers rivers lakes and coastal ecosystems.
Other recent work has shown that Perã's gold mining has contributed to widespread mercury pollution affecting the entire food chain including the food ingested by people throughout the region.
because air pollution leads to premature deaths and that's something you can quantify very well. When you try to write regulations to protect ecosystems
One of the big challenges is nutrient pollution. Land in the northern Everglades is owned mostly privately
But just like all wild plant species these crop wild relatives (CWR) are also at risk of decline and extinction due to habitat loss pollution and climate change.
The recent algal blooms on Lake Winnipeg are a prime example of this nitrogen pollution.
It will lock in high greenhouse gas emissions water use and mercury pollution for decades. Perhaps there's still time to stop it.
and with our study's clear evidence that acid rain is hurting forests other countries will hopefully be motivated to intervene sooner by implementing air pollution standards to reduce emissions said Battles.
These benefits may include for example reduced pollution outflow and erosion and better wind protection pest control and pollination.
In the case of China's Paddy Land-to-Dry land (PLDL) program farmers are paid to convert their croplands from rice to corn a solution that reduces both water consumption and pollution.
and treatment systemsrapid urbanization without sanitation facilities has caused major downstream pollution problems in this region. The urban population is projected to further increase by 130%in 2025
if biorefineries receive money in the form of carbon credits for reducing pollution incentives for farmers should be included in contracts
#Red cedar tree study shows that clean air act is reducing pollution, improving forestsa collaborative project involving a Kansas State university ecologist has shown that the Clean Air Act has helped forest systems recover from decades of sulfur pollution and acid rain.
The research team--which included Jesse Nippert associate professor of biology--spent four years studying centuries-old eastern red cedar trees or Juniperus virginiana in the Central Appalachian mountains of West virginia.
and experienced high amounts of acidic pollution--caused by sulfur dioxide emissions--in the 20th century. By studying more than 100 years of eastern red cedar tree rings the scientists found that the trees have improved in growth
The findings appear in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences or PNAS in the article Evidence of recovery of Juniperus virginiana trees from sulfur pollution after the Clean Air Act.
when acidic pollution was high. But scientists noticed a dramatic change around 1980 10 years after the Clean Air Act was enacted.
When it did we saw an entire ecosystem recover from years of acidic pollution. Another interesting finding from the tree ring analysis:
whether the red spruce turn-around can be credited to reductions in pollution made possible by the Clean Air Act of 1990
which helped reduce sulfur and nitrogen pollution. Another possibility is that red spruce may be one of nature's winners in the face of climate change.
Whether this is a success story for pollution control or a developing story about the effects of a changing climate we are not yet sure.
Old-growth forests sequester carbon pollution and support the world's most diverse ecosystems. Mill Creek is an old-growth forest located in Del Norte Calif. in a geographically limited coastal redwood forest bioregion
while reducing pollution and greenhouse gases will require more than luck. Odds are it will take a daring out of the box idea like this one.
and its overall structure leading to greater runoff and groundwater pollution. Nitrogen-rich fertiliser runoff is the primary cause of oxygen depletion in oceans lakes
Using biological pesticides that rapidly degrade in the environment would reduce the risks of pollution.
A leading world expert in nitrogen and plant science Professor Cocking has recognised long that there is a critical need to reduce nitrogen pollution caused by nitrogen based fertilisers Nitrate pollution is a major problem as is also the pollution of the atmosphere by ammonia
In addition nitrate pollution is a health hazard and also causes oxygen-depleted'dead zones'in our waterways and oceans.
A recent study estimates that that the annual cost of damage caused by nitrogen pollution across Europe is £60 billion--£280 billion a year.
The world needs to unhook itself from its ever increasing reliance on synthetic nitrogen fertilisers produced from fossil fuels with its high economic costs its pollution of the environment and its high energy costs.
N-Fix is a natural nitrogen seed coating that provides a sustainable solution to fertiliser overuse and Nitrogen pollution.
but as human-generated air pollution is phased all together out this will undoubtedly reveal the full impact of greenhouse gases.
UC Davis researchers analyzed the water samples for microbial and nutrient pollution including fecal indicator bacteria fecal coliform E coli nitrogen
#Urban trees remove fine particulate air pollution, save livesin the first effort to estimate the overall impact of a city's urban forest on concentrations of fine particulate pollution (particulate matter less than 2. 5 microns
or PM2. 5) a U s. Forest Service and Davey Institute study found that urban trees
Fine particulate air pollution has serious health effects including premature mortality pulmonary inflammation accelerated atherosclerosis and altered cardiac functions.
In a study recently published on-line by the journal Environmental Pollution researchers David Nowak and Robert Hoehn of the U s. Forest Service and Satoshi Hirabayashi and Allison Bodine of the Davey Institute in Syracuse N y. estimated how much fine particulate matter is removed by trees in 10 cities their impact on PM2
Overall the greatest effect of trees on reducing health impacts of PM2. 5 occurred in New york due to its relatively large human population and the trees'moderately high removal rate and reduction in pollution concentration.
While we need more research to generate better estimates this study suggests that trees are an effective tool in reducing air pollution
#Contribution of particulate matter from air pollution to forest declineair pollution is related to forest decline and also appears to attack the protecting wax on tree leaves and needles.
These results are published in Environmental Pollution. Nature conservationists call it lingering illness and the latest report on the North-Rhine Westphalian forest conditions confirms ongoing damage.
#Despite safety and other concerns, nuclear power saves lives, greenhouse gas emissions, experts sayglobal use of nuclear power has prevented about 1. 84 million air pollution-related deaths
and illness and death associated with air pollution. That potential exists they say despite serious questions about safety disposal of radioactive waste and diversion of nuclear material for weapons.
Concerned that the Fukushima accident in Japan could overshadow the benefits of nuclear energy they performed an analysis of nuclear power's benefits in reducing carbon dioxide emissions and air pollution deaths.
#Despite safety and other concerns, nuclear power saves lives, greenhouse gas emissions, experts sayglobal use of nuclear power has prevented about 1. 84 million air pollution-related deaths
and illness and death associated with air pollution. That potential exists they say despite serious questions about safety disposal of radioactive waste and diversion of nuclear material for weapons.
Concerned that the Fukushima accident in Japan could overshadow the benefits of nuclear energy they performed an analysis of nuclear power's benefits in reducing carbon dioxide emissions and air pollution deaths.
and interestingly so far found only in remote areas far from light pollution. The latest addition to this growing list is L. luckae that may be endangered or possibly already extinct.
and air quality of rooms for evidence of tobacco smoke pollution (nicotine and 3ep) known as third hand smoke in a random sample of budget to mid-range hotels in San diego California.
The findings showed that smoking in hotels left a legacy of tobacco pollution in both smoking
A partial smoking ban did not protect the occupants of nonsmoking rooms from exposure to tobacco pollution.
In the study published recently in the journal Environmental Pollution Dave Nowak a research forester with the U s. Forest Service's Northern Research Station
The not-so-good news is that many of these crop wild relatives are threatened currently by habitat loss pollution
air pollution. It has long been known that trees produce and emit isoprene an abundant molecule in the air known to protect leaves from oxygen damage and temperature fluctuations.
With the precise mechanism now revealed researchers can plug it into air quality models for better predicting episodes of air pollution and potential effects on earth's climate.
It's the interaction between these natural and man-made emissions that produces this air pollution smog
pollution control the limited supply of fossil fuels and production of healthy food. This team dubbed Algafuture is composed of undergraduates and graduate students from the departments of Geography and Environmental Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular engineering.
Oil spills and other local pollution compound those negative effects on marine life Rabalais noted By day 77 of the Deepwater horizon disaster for instance the oil slick had covered about one-third of the Dead Zone making it even more inhospitable.
protecting water resources and restoring an economically vital coastline we will need to invest in the characterization of our water microbiological communities and shift the pollution science paradigm toward an understanding of risk and resilience under global change.
Severe problems with air pollution also are evident in particulate matter (PM) concentrations contributing to smog.
In a recent study published in the Lancet journal PM pollution was the fourth-leading risk factor for death in China
Similar problems exist in cities in India where air pollution is estimated to contribute to about 600000 premature deaths according to the Lancet study.
metal pollution from aluminum and nickel. Published in the journal Environmental Pollution the Pitt study finds that bumblebees are at risk of ingesting toxic amounts of metals like aluminum
and nickel found in flowers growing in soil that has been contaminated by exhaust from vehicles industrial machinery and farming equipment.
The paper The effects of aluminum and nickel in nectar on the foraging behavior of bumblebees first appeared online March 6 in Environmental Pollution.
and reduce phosphorus pollution in the environment. After developing the initial line of Enviropigs researchers found that the line had certain genes that could be unstable during reproduction or impractical in commercial use.
and Pollution Research have implications not only for the pulp and paper industry but also for any business wishing to reduce its carbon footprint.
#Links between ozone levels and cardiac arrest analyzedresearchers at Rice university in Houston have found a direct correlation between out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and levels of air pollution and ozone.
and a public-health authority for the city said it's long been thought by EMS workers that certain types of air pollution including ozone have significant negative effects on cardiac and respiratory health.
Cohan's talk focused on uncertainties in estimating the health benefits that will result from efforts to control ozone pollution.
At the same time we want to enhance our understanding of the health cost of pollution --and celebrate its continuing reduction.
Arturo Blanco chief of the Bureau of Pollution Control and Prevention Houston Department of health and human services supported the research.
But what many people miss is that it is also an environmental pollution problem. A lot of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria originate in animal agriculture where there is overuse misuse
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