But isolation has not protected oceanic birds nesting on Midway from environmental contaminants that originate in distant places.

Intriguing to the Experts Urban experts say Chester is an intriguing case study because it has all the virulent social problems of an inner city, but the number of people affected is relatively small and the city's isolation amid suburbs protects it from the sprawling blight common in big cities.

On meters that allow interfacing with computers, optical isolation may protect attached equipment against high voltage in the measured circuit.

Continue east and you will find three more beaches whose relative isolation has thus far protected them from development.

Their relative isolation protected them from most infectious diseases.

Even for the first three years of the conflict, their isolation protects this tattered and free-spirited family and its beloved horses.

Being in the park's wildest and least-visited northeast corner, their relative isolation protects their wilderness habitat.

Cultural isolation can protect the uniqueness of the local culture of a nation or area and also contribute to global cultural diversity.

Kangaroo Island's isolation from European diseases and feral species has greatly protected the island's fauna.

Heart transplants, a cure for Alzheimer's, unlocking the cellular secrets of aging would enable us to double our Biblical span: in the same way, our global isolation would protect us from the wholesale violence convulsing the rest of the globe.