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With addition of smog, trees may generate air pollution
2013-04-26 21:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In 2004 scientists found that isoprene, a compound produced by trees to protect their leaves from oxidation and temperature fluctuations, plays a role in the production of particulate matter, tiny particles that can cause lung damage, asthma, and other health problems. The finding - which led some to argue that forests are worsening air pollution rather than helping mitigate it - was incomplete however. Researchers didn't fully understand how isoprene and air pollution was linked. A new study...
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Scientist Says Pollution From China Is Killing a Japanese Islands Trees
2013-04-25 00:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A mysterious pestilence has befallen this islands primeval forests, leaving behind the bleached, skeletal remains of dead trees that now dot the dark green mountainsides. Osamu Nagafuchi, an environmental engineer with a passion for the island and its rugged terrain, believes he knows the culprit: airborne pollutants from smog-belching China, hundreds of miles upwind. For years, Mr. Nagafuchis theory was ignored by fellow scientists and even mocked by bureaucrats in the national government who...
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Central Valley fares poorly in new California pollution index
2013-04-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: Central Valley communities are among the hardest hit in California under a unique new misery index that provides statewide mapping on community pollution, health and well-being. The state Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday unveiled a new environmental screening tool that reveals – by ZIP code – how neighborhoods are affected by pesticides, truck fumes, hazardous waste and other toxic factors. The index also tracks community health and well-being, based on such things as the...
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New LED Streetlight Design Curbs Light Pollution
2013-04-24 14:50:00| pollutiononline Home Page
Streetlights illuminate the night, shining upon roadways and sidewalks across the world, but these ubiquitous elements of the urban environment are notoriously inefficient and major contributors to light pollution that washes out the night sky
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New LED Streetlight Design Curbs Light Pollution
2013-04-24 14:50:00| publicworks Home Page
Streetlights illuminate the night, shining upon roadways and sidewalks across the world, but these ubiquitous elements of the urban environment are notoriously inefficient and major contributors to light pollution that washes out the night sky
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