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This Climate Debate is a lot of Hot Air

Legal Planet

They include, but are not limited to, altering rainfall and monsoon patterns, damaging the ozone layer, increasing global conflicts, and – most unacceptable of all – giving political cover for fossil fuel industries to continue polluting rather than cut greenhouse gas emissions. The potential risks are legion.

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IWIC 2020 – Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology Prize Winners

Water Research & Technology

Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology was delighted to sponsor prizes at the 6th International Water Industry Conference 2020 , which took place both online and in Daegu, Korea from the 22 nd – 23 rd September 2020. A 5-minute pitch contest was held, which was attended both virtually and in person.

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Climate Change and Me

Academy of Natural Sciences

Ozone smog pollution reached unhealthy levels on twenty days. This summer, the average dew point was 65°F, about 3°F higher than at the turn of the century. Excessive Heat Warnings for heat indices of 100°F or higher were issued on forty days; heat indices even approached 120°F on two days. But when it does rain, it really pours.

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NASA team provides free satellite public health data to researchers and communities

Science Blogs

NASA satellites have been collecting data for years on nitrogen dioxide, ozone, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide. Dominika Heusinkveld, MD, MPH is currently a graduate student in the University of Arizona's Environmental Science and Journalism programs. Environmental Protection Agency. lborkowski. air pollutants.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Useful Environmental Law Terms. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone. Sponsored Content. Its depletion was one of the major problems of the 1980s.

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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term

Environmental Science

This radiation hits the atmosphere and is absorbed by the ozone layer which reduces the most harmful. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are now heavily regulated since it was discovered how much their release was damaging the ozone layer - the gas level protecting the planet from the sun's most harmful rays. Sponsored Content. Deforestation.

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Volatile Chemical Products: Important Contributors to Harmful Particulate Matter

HumanNature

We breathe oxygen from the atmosphere, weather systems distribute water, and the ozone in the upper atmosphere protects us from harmful radiation. 5] Additionally, the reaction of these volatile chemicals contributes to ground-level ozone production, which, unlike ozone in the stratosphere, is hazardous to human health.

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