Science news articles about 'ground level ozone'

Modern day concentrations of ground level ozone pollution are decreasing the growth of trees in the northern and ... as leaf, root and shoot, lost due to ozone pollution," said Dr. Victoria Wittig, lead ...

Efforts to curb ground-level ozone failing, says Royal Society

... Ozone can hit unhealthy levels even in places where people don't see smoke." ... as aggravation of asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema. Ground-level ozone pollution also damages crops and other plants. " ...

... Panel on Climate Change considers ground-level ozone, along with carbon dioxide and methane, ... evidence suggesting that long-term exposure to ozone and fine particle pollution have separate, independent ...

Long-term exposure to ground-level ozone heightens risk of death from lung disease

... changing water cycle. Excess ground-level ozone harms the cells responsible for photosynthesis. ... Eastern U.S. forests, we know nitrogen and ozone effects are also important in South America and Europe ...

... assessed – sulfur, nitrogen, mercury, and ground-level ozone – largely originate from smokestacks, tailpipes ... human health, with regulations targeting emission levels – what leaves tail pipes and smoke ...

... salicylate and other plant hormones. This finding can help scientists better track the impact of VOCs on the behavior of clouds and the development of ground-level ozone, an important pollutant.

... New Mexico. Scientists plan to use aircraft and ground-based instruments, as well as computer models, ... caused pollution to influence the formation of ground-level ozone, or smog, which affects both air ...

... , Santa Clara and Creswell. Consequences for human health from increases in ground-level ozone, according to the report, will be more allergens and degraded air quality, potentially raising rates of ...

... pollutant, and the latter has been shown to increase ground-level ozone formation. During the summer of 2006 ... nitryl chloride on ozone formation in the Houston area Authors: H. Simon: Center for Energy ...