In one study, zebra finches lost the ability to hit high notes in mating songs when mercury levels rose, affecting reproduction.
VAT rises affect working people disproportionately, for instance.
I am fostering partnerships between researchers and managers to address a variety of urgent conservation challenges: How will sea-level rise affect vulnerability of coastal marshes to storm surges?
Food allergies are on the rise, affecting 11 million Americans and more than 6percentt of children under 3 years old.
Earlier this month the WFP warned that "disruptions in cross-border trade and marketing activities have resulted in sharp price rises, affecting the food security situation of large numbers of people".
Despite the advent of anti-retroviral therapy, prevalence of HIV-1-associated complications is on the rise, affecting almost 60% of the infected individuals and thereby impairing their quality of life.
Households have become significantly and rapidly poorer in recent years, and food insecurity is on the rise, affecting more than half of households in Gaza and a quarter in the West Bank.
How has the conservative rise affected practical politics?
"China's rise affects everyone, not just its citizens," he says.
