[dramatic music] The most important demographic trend over the last few hundred years is movement from rural areas to urban areas ... so they protected it from pollution the best that they ...

Mass firings and regulatory rollbacks come as scientists routinely determine pollution is far more damaging than previously ...

air pollution is associated with more hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in ... We Have Underrated the Climate Effects of New Particles in Urban Areas Feb. 3, 2025 — A ...

Urban heat islands (UHIs) are becoming a major concern for cities worldwide. As the summer sun blazes down, concrete jungles ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

Boston College’s Global Observatory on Planetary Health is first to reveal town-by-town pollution levels and health impacts, including 2,780 deaths in 2019 Air pollution remains a silent killer in ...

Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million tonnes of plastic waste leaks into aquatic ecosystems, polluting lakes, rivers and seas. Plastic pollution can alter habitats and ...

Their broad usage is related to unique properties such as chemical-thermal stability and hydrophilic-lipophilic ... They can also be transported to groundwater and freshwater bodies via leaching and ...

The shade WBGT is calculated for an environment shaded from direct (and strong reflected) solar radiation and where surfaces are not significantly hotter or colder than the indicated air temperature. ...

Water from precipitation or other sources that flows over the land surface. In relation to the water resource assessment, surface runoff is the fraction of precipitation that does not infiltrate at ...