In highly urbanised situations with lots of light pollution, flashing lights probably work better than steady ones, Juden says.
Some sad piano music played and a heavy-hearted Joe detailed the misery of a paved-over gardens: not only do they offer no protection from flash floods or road pollution, they will also make all your neighbours hate you.
Trees not only dispel pollution but can alleviate flash flooding and provide shade for a home during heatwaves.
Also, global climate change is expected to produce in Beijing higher temperatures and humidity with little wind, as well as erratic rainfall, resulting in more frequent periods with hazardous air pollution with periodic drought and flash flood conditions [14].
Worldwide, airports have become a flash point for community frustration over noise pollution.
With each beep, images of forest fires, crumbling ice caps, crowded freeways, pollution, and unsustainable drilling practices flashed through his mind.
As we enter a world of "the internet of things," might we be surrounded by flashing lights and beeping noises in a deluge that could be likened to noise pollution?
In Hong Kong, I braved the steeply inclined highways swollen with traffic, cars almost scraping my elbows as they flashed precariously past me, my lungs bursting with exertion and filling with the thickness of pollution.
In 2013, the European Commission (EC) conducted a flash Eurobarometer to gain a greater insight into the views of the European public on matters of air quality and air pollution (EC 2013).
