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Air pollution impacts coral growth, scientists report
2013-04-08 10:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS News: Coral reefs are truly a beautiful piece of our world, and yet they are also extremely useful. The reefs are home to a large and varied group of plants and animals, and are in fact the most diverse of all ocean ecosystems. Twenty five percent of all ocean species rely on coral reefs for food and shelter, so it comes as no surprise that our oceans are in serious trouble if they are unable to keep growing. A new study conducted by a team of climate scientists and coral ecologists from the United...
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Air pollution 'affects coral growth'
2013-04-08 08:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Researchers have found the strongest evidence yet that aerosols from burning fossil fuels are affecting coral growth. They say that these sooty particles can cool sea surface temperatures and limit the size of reefs. But they also believe this chilling effect could prevent the corals from bleaching in warmer waters. The research is published in the journal Nature Geoscience. Coral reefs all over the world have been under pressure from a range of human impacts. With a rise in global...
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Air Pollution Linked to 1.2 Million Chinese Deaths in 2010, Study Says
2013-04-02 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Air pollution contributed to the premature deaths of more than 1.2 million people in China in 2010, or about 40 percent of early deaths worldwide caused by dirty air, according to a newly released analysis. The findings, based on data from a study on the distribution and causes of death globally, categorized ambient particulate matter pollution as the fourth-leading factor in premature deaths in China, behind dietary risks, high blood pressure, and smoking. Worldwide, air pollution was the seventh-leading...
Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $4.3M
2013-04-02 13:33:00| pollutiononline News Articles
Fuel Tech, Inc., a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems and emissions control in utility and industrial applications, recently announced receipt of air pollution control (APC) orders totaling $4.3 million
Air Pollution Linked to 1.2 Million Deaths in China
2013-04-02 01:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Outdoor air pollution contributed to 1.2 million premature deaths in China in 2010, nearly 40 percent of the global total, according to a new summary of data from a scientific study on leading causes of death worldwide. Figured another way, the researchers said, Chinas toll from pollution was the loss of 25 million healthy years of life from the population. The data on which the analysis is based was first presented in the ambitious 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study, which was published in December...
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