Ozone

Ozone pollution: Gas causes $63 billion damage per year to East Asian crops

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Rising levels of ground-level ozone in China and nearby countries are having a big effect on the yields of staple crops such as wheat, rice and maize Environment 17 January 2022 By Michael Le Page Emissions from vehicles in places like Beijing, China, are contributing to a rise in ozone pollution in East Asia AerialPerspective … Read more

We May Have Seriously Underestimated How Hostile Conditions on Early Earth Were

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Scientists have been doing some great work when it comes to peering back through billions of years to figure out what ancient Earth would have looked like, and a new study reveals that the earliest conditions on our planet were probably even more hostile than originally imagined.   In particular, researchers now think that we’ve … Read more

Air pollution: US wildfires now lead to air pollution events affecting millions

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The simultaneous occurence of extreme levels of ozone and particulate matter have increased significantly in the past decade due to wildfires in the western US Environment 5 January 2022 By Adam Vaughan Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles during the wildfire season in September 2020 Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock The area of the western … Read more

Ozone hole: One of the longest-lived on record is about to close

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By Adam Vaughan The ozone layer in late November 2021 Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, ECMWF One of the longest ozone holes on record is expected to close this Wednesday after several weeks of exposing wildlife and people in Antarctica to very high levels of ultraviolet radiation.  The Montreal Protocol’s ban on the CFC gases causing … Read more