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  • == Pollution types and causes == === Air pollution ===
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  • ...ct that the Aral Sea is situated on the "highway" where strong currents of air are blowing from the west to the east. ... That is why pesticides from the
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  • ...ere aging factories pump huge quantities of unfiltered pollutants into the air and groundwater. The former capital, Almaty, is particularly threatened, in ...ind and blown into noxious dust storms; pollution in the Caspian Sea; soil pollution from overuse of agricultural chemicals and salination from poor infrastruct
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  • As it should be expected all of the plants have their own contribution to the pollution of atmosphere, water, and the soil. This city’s situation is different fr ...ich are looking for increases in the production and profits. As usual, the pollution is enhanced by the low quality of car fuels and increase in the number of c
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  • ...armed by Atlantic winds whereas the eastern slopes are chilled by Siberian air masses. The average January temperatures increase in the western areas from ...Cold War. Extreme levels of air, water, and radiological contamination and pollution by industrial wastes resulted. Population exodus resulted, and economic dep
    38 KB (5,584 words) - 20:51, 27 April 2017
  • ...ransaero.JPG|left|thumb|The central peninsula of the lake as seen from the air.]] |+ Water pollution index <br /> 0.5 – clean, 2 – dirty, 4 – very dirty<ref name="undp"/>
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  • ...the fields washed these chemicals into the shrinking sea, creating severe pollution and health problems. As the water supply of the Aral Sea decreased, the dem ...nce the salt melted the glaciers faster and not enough moisture was in the air to help replace them. The dust storms increased the melting levels for the
    51 KB (7,714 words) - 20:53, 27 April 2017
  • ...ble, [[pesticide]]s in the environment and [[food chain]], dust storms and air quality."<ref name=small>Small, I., Van Der Meer, J., & Upshur, R. E. G. (2 ...ltural activities have also "resulted in widespread soil erosion, chemical pollution, and poor water quality and quantity." <ref>Franz, J. S. & FitzRoy, F. (200
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  • ...d [[Kazakhstan]] as its [[nuclear testing]] site. Along with near-absent [[pollution control]]s, this has contributed to an alarmingly high rate of [[disease]] ...erations on Kazakhstan’s Caspian coast add to that sea’s already grave pollution. International programs to save the Aral and Caspian seas have not received
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  • ...c aerial courtship display which culminates in the pair locking talons mid-air and whirling earthwards in series of spectacular cartwheels. White-tailed e ...x predator]]s, tend to experience [[bioaccumulation]] from environmental [[pollution|pollutants]] present in their prey; they also suffer intensive persecution
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  • ...aspica) and northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus)|journal=Environmental Pollution|date=2004|volume=127|issue=1|pages=83–97|pmid=14553998|doi=10.1016/s0269- Due to increased industrial production in the area, pollution has had an effect on the survival of the Caspian seal. From 1998 to 2000, t
    18 KB (2,718 words) - 21:00, 27 April 2017
  • | title=UK to seek pact on shipping and aviation pollution at climate talks </ref> The surplus has, however, also been referred to by some as "hot air," a term which Russia (a country with an estimated surplus of 3.1 billion t
    151 KB (20,978 words) - 22:36, 27 April 2017
  • ...al your performs this means that you are doing their function toreduce air pollution locally.Storage room is obviously a problem in a small liveable space. Tabl
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