pollution
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A buildout of the claims could end public access to the area and permanently scar the landscape, drawing traffic and light pollution and harming springs and groundwater stores, he said.
From Los Angeles Times
However, their chemical similarity to certain plastics makes them difficult to distinguish in lab analyses, increasing the risk of false positives when studying microplastic pollution.
From Science Daily
Habitat destruction, overfishing and water pollution from the Amazon to the Danube threaten the very survival of hundreds of species whose epic voyages along the world's great rivers go largely unnoticed.
From Barron's
Decades of pollution regulations had scrubbed the valley’s air so much that those particles were vanishing—and the fog with them.
The majority of plastic pollution may no longer be visible at all.
From Science Daily
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