Global impact of Asia's pollution
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The Asian "brown cloud" of pollution is affecting weather systems globally, according to research.
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By Brahma Chellaney  The sharpening Asian competition over energy resources   has obscured another danger: Water shortages in much of Asia are becoming a threat to rapid economic modernization.
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SEOUL The forests in North Korea are depleted, its rivers and streams are filled with runoff from factories and the country&#39;s reliance on coal energy has created severe urban air pollution, the United Nations said on Friday in its first report on the
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By Aldrich, Stephen P; Walker, Robert T; Arima, Eugenio Y; Caldas, Marcellus M; Et al  Abstract:  Tropical deforestation is a significant driver of global environmental change, given its impacts on the carbon cycle and biodiversity.
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Asia's greenhouse gas emissions will treble over 25 years, a report commissioned by  the Asian Development Bank warns.
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By Sun Xiaohua  Pollution caused losses of 511.8 billion yuan (US$64 billion) in 2004, which was 3.05 per cent of the 16 trillion yuan (US$2 trillion) gross domestic product (GDP) that year.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c51109)  has announced the addition of Chemicals in Asia-Pacific to their offering  The Chemicals in Asia-Pacific industry profile is an essential resource  for top-level data and analysis covering the Chemicals industry.
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Los Angeles and Pittsburgh provide examples of what to do &#151; and not to do &#151; about China's severe air pollution in the face of surging energy use from rapid economic growth, U.S. and Chinese scientists say.
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Rising oil prices and pollution are  fueling interest in green power in Asia but experts see no  prospect of a rapid switch from the region's growing dependence  on oil, coal and gas.
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XIAMEN, China  - Dirty, polluted, and congested -- China's large cities have an unenviable poor reputation.
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TOKYO - Four cities in China, India, and Azerbaijan were added to a list of the world's 10 most polluted places, the Blacksmith Institute said, citing a legacy of mining, Cold War-era pollution, and unregulated industrial production.
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XIAMEN, China  - Dirty, polluted, and congested -- China's large cities have an unenviably poor reputation.
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China pledges to dispose key polluters    BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's top environmental watchdog launched investigations into six of the country's most notorious polluters on Friday, with last week's chemical spill on a tributary to the Songhua River on the list.
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40 per cent 'heavily affected' by human activities A new global map compiled by analysing 17 different factors including fishing, global warming and pollution has revealed that 40 per cent of the world's oceans are heavily affected by human activities, while just a small percentage of seawater has completely escaped the effects of man's heavy hand.â¦
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As the world continues to debate global warming, one big question is how to accommodate the increased growth of the developing economies, especially India and China. How many tons of greenhouse gases are emitted per person globally each year?
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A new study says long-term exposure to pollution can cause irreversible lung damage in children. California air pollution experts are calling the study landmark news.
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Asia's greenhouse gas emissions will treble over 25 years, a report for the Asian Development Bank warns.