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    Bogong moth (category Animal migration)
    of night-flying moth, notable for its biannual long-distance seasonal migrations towards and from the Australian Alps, similar to the diurnal monarch butterfly...
    36 KB (4,271 words) - 19:26, 28 March 2024
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    probably caused by the south-west wind which carries coal smoke and other pollutants down, making the western edges of towns better than the eastern ones....
    94 KB (10,602 words) - 12:23, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brain health and pollution
    effects on central nervous system (CNS) functionality. The ability of pollutants to affect the neurophysiology of individuals after the structure of the...
    69 KB (6,960 words) - 10:39, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stream restoration
    delay/minimize the transport of water to the stream and minimize pollutant migration. Alternative stormwater management facilities include the following...
    46 KB (5,127 words) - 04:40, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bioremediation
    phytoremediation), living or dead, is employed for removing environmental pollutants from air, water, soil, flue gasses, industrial effluents etc., in natural...
    46 KB (5,152 words) - 20:48, 31 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Groundwater pollution
    Groundwater pollution (also called groundwater contamination) occurs when pollutants are released to the ground and make their way into groundwater. This type...
    83 KB (9,454 words) - 15:13, 26 May 2024
  • passed, rate of effluent in/outflow and air inlet rate varied according to pollutant type and concentration. Polluted effluent is added into the bottom of...
    4 KB (507 words) - 17:50, 10 September 2023
  • complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Brownfield development adds a number of improvements...
    9 KB (1,170 words) - 16:27, 10 July 2023
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    (like heavy metals) and organic (like persistent organic pollutants) contaminants. These pollutants may interfere with the communication processed that rely...
    11 KB (1,480 words) - 04:21, 13 December 2023
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    are additional to OHSAS 18001 which it is replacing over a three-year migration period from 2018 to 2021. As of March 2021, companies and organizations...
    33 KB (2,295 words) - 02:21, 7 June 2024
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    Paper. Toledo, OH: Adams Street Publishing Co. EPA (2002). "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System—Proposed Regulations to Establish Requirements...
    8 KB (938 words) - 22:44, 27 October 2023
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    snakes. This correlation suggests that larger harbors may harbor higher pollutant concentrations or increased human disturbance, leading to adverse effects...
    14 KB (1,451 words) - 03:40, 3 June 2024
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    rinse water from sulfitation is known as red water and is a significant pollutant and waste product of TNT manufacture. Control of nitrogen oxides in feed...
    37 KB (4,084 words) - 19:47, 2 June 2024
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    pesticides, flame retardants, and mercury. Reconstructed persistent organic pollutant (POP) profiles suggested that a substantial maternal transfer occurred...
    94 KB (10,273 words) - 18:47, 7 June 2024
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    leaves these habitats to enter the Atlantic Ocean to make its spawning migration to the Sargasso Sea. Spawning takes place far offshore, where the eggs...
    34 KB (4,366 words) - 14:20, 19 May 2024
  • November 23 to 26, filling the city's air with damaging levels of several toxic pollutants. It was the third major smog in New York City, following events of similar...
    106 KB (11,450 words) - 20:14, 27 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Emissions trading
    pollution by providing economic incentives for reducing the emissions of pollutants. The concept is also known as cap and trade (CAT) or emissions trading...
    68 KB (8,099 words) - 17:02, 27 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Atlantic white-sided dolphin
    PMID 11125702. Tuerk (2005). "Factors influencing persistent organic pollutant concentrations in the Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)"...
    27 KB (2,914 words) - 19:11, 16 March 2024
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    Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (category Persistent organic pollutants under the Stockholm Convention)
    an anthropogenic (man-made) fluorosurfactant, now regarded as a global pollutant. PFOS was the key ingredient in Scotchgard, a fabric protector made by...
    56 KB (5,685 words) - 22:28, 8 June 2024
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    to the stagnant nature of the lake combined with the accumulation of pollutants coming from the naval traffic that occurs inside the lake. The motionless...
    17 KB (1,828 words) - 13:36, 21 January 2024
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