Sentence examples for pollution sedimentation from inspiring English sources

At a September forum about the dam, Chinese officials and experts discussed issues like water pollution, sedimentation and landslides and warned of a future environmental "catastrophe" if measures were not taken.

Armed with electro-fishing gear, they have visited hundreds of headwater streams at risk of pollution, sedimentation and other effects from coal mining, suburban sprawl and natural gas extraction from the Marcellus shale.

The main issues include pollution, sedimentation, deterioration of infrastructure, and lack of port facilities.

According to the petition, "land-based sources of pollution, sedimentation, overfishing and climate change are the major threats" to coral reefs.

However, the system thinking or modern watershed (generally a drainage area) management started in mid 20th century and adapted in most countries with the aim of controlling water pollution, sedimentation, soil erosion, flood, and discharge extremes.

Other general threats to reefs include ocean acidification, pollution, sedimentation, invasive species and other changes in species dynamics, coral diseases, fisheries, leisure activities and tourism.

Surveying the Coral There is little doubt that coral reefs around the world are in trouble, stressed and dying because of local problems like overfishing, pollution and sedimentation (from land erosion).

Coral reefs provide refuge from predators and a rich food source, so researchers assumed that the deterioration in the reefs, which resulted primarily from coral diseases, storm damage, pollution, and sedimentation from soil erosion, would mean bad news for fish.

Another concern is that reefs that are already stressed from other human insults such as dynamite fishing, pollution, and sedimentation are less resilient to more frequent bleaching events.

If the Great Barrier Reef is to have a chance of recovering from the worst-ever bleaching event and survive into the future, Australia must significantly improve water quality by reducing pollution and sedimentation.

Ecological studies have demonstrated that stressors currently affecting coral reefs include, among others, coral diseases [1], over-fishing [2], and a combination of pollution and sedimentation from coastal development [3].