Since reforms carried out in the late 1970s, China has experienced unprecedented rates of urban growth. Remote sensing data and surface observational data are used to investigate the urbanization process and related environmental consequences, focusing on extreme heat events and air pollution, in Zhejiang Province (ZJP, East China). Examination of satellite-measured nighttime light data indicat...

Over the last two decades an unprecedented increase in private vehicle ownership has taken place in the developing world. The total number of registered vehicles in non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development (OECD) countries increased from 110 million to 210 million between 1990 and 2005, and, by some estimates, is forecast to increase to 1.2 billion by 2030. Rising income explains ...

Stunting is common in young children in developing countries, and is associated with increased morbidity, developmental delays, and mortality. Its complex pathogenesis likely involves poor intrauterine and postnatal nutrition, exposure to microbes, and the metabolic consequences of repeated infections. Acquired enteropathy affecting both gut structure and function likely plays a significant rol...

Chlorine-36 is a long-lived and highly mobile radionuclide that has not historically received much attention. In recent years that has begun to change and there is particular current interest in the transport and fate of Cl-36 in the environment. In September of 2006 ANDRA hosted an International Forum on Chlorine-36 in the Biosphere where models indicating that Chlorine 36 will be a significan...

About a decade ago I wrote a review of the relations of indoor to outdoor atmospheric conditions (1). In the interval, the major substantive contributions in this field have been in the air quality field. A comprehensive review of this area, covering the entire literature since the 1930's has been published by EPA (2). Another rather interesting monograph has just appeared, in which the meteoro...

Worldwide the greatest effects on the health of individuals and populations results from environmental degradation and social injustice, operating in consort. This paper describes the national and global causes and health consequences of these phenomena. Causes include overpopulation, pollution, deforestation, global warming, unsustainable agricultural and fishing practices, overconsumption, ma...