Ozone Related Topics 
Yale E360
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Ground-level ozone has long been known to pose a threat to human health. Now, scientists are increasingly understanding how this pollutant damages plants and trees, setting off a cascade of impacts that harms everything from soil microbes, to insects, to wildlife. Read more on E360 ?.
Yale E360
MARCH 18, 2022
Smoke from bushfires that spread across Australia in late 2019 and early 2020 destroyed high-altitude ozone in the Southern Hemisphere, according to a study that offers new insight into the threat posed by wildfires. Read more on E360 ?.
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Inside Climate News
MARCH 17, 2022
New research warns that wildfire emissions could unravel progress made under the Montreal Protocol to shrink atmospheric ozone holes.
New Scientist
MARCH 8, 2023
Wildfire smoke can change the chemistry of the stratosphere, resulting in chlorine molecules that deplete the ozone layer
Law and Environment
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
On Friday, EPA announced that it was reconsidering its 2020 decision to leave the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone unchanged. However, EPA stated that it: will reconsider the decision to retain the ozone NAAQS in a manner that adheres to rigorous standards of scientific integrity. Still whistling in the wind , I fear.
Inside Climate News
JUNE 23, 2021
By Bob Berwyn After sampling the atmosphere above the Arctic for more than a year during the MOSAiC research voyage , climate scientists say the ozone layer, Earth’s protection against intense ultraviolet radiation, is at risk, despite the progress made in protecting atmospheric ozone by the 1987 Montreal Protocol , the global treaty that banned ozone-harming (..)
Scientific American
MARCH 10, 2023
Smoke from the catastrophic 2019–2020 fires in Australia unleashed ozone-eating chlorine molecules into the stratosphere
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 8, 2022
Exposure to ozone from air pollution may be connected to a rise in depression among adolescents, a new study has found. The study, published in the journal Developmental Psychology on Monday, is the first to link ozone levels to the development of depression in adolescents over time. Read the full story at The Hill.
Breezometer
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Our ozone layer serves as a lifesaving UV barrier for planet earth, functioning to absorb most of the sun’s ultraviolet radiation. At the same time, ground-level ozone pollution is extremely harmful to human health. As the complexity of ozone pollution is often misunderstood, let's take a closer look at this particular pollutant.
New Scientist
MARCH 17, 2022
Ozone levels above the mid-southern hemisphere dropped 13 per cent after Australia’s worst fires on record due to chemical reactions triggered by the smoke
Environmental News Bits
JANUARY 20, 2023
The ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, with the global phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals already benefitting efforts to mitigate climate change. Read the full story from the UN Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Association.
Successful Green
MARCH 17, 2021
The world’s oceans are a vast repository... The post Oceans may start emitting ozone-depleting CFCs appeared first on successful GREEN. As atmospheric concentrations of CFC-11 drop, the global ocean should become a source of the chemical by the middle of next century, a new MIT study predicts.
Acoel
JUNE 29, 2022
The agency’s air quality modeling indicates that most areas would receive an ozone reduction of less than 0.1 These air quality impacts are minimal compared with the major ozone reductions resulting from the 1998 SIP Call, which resulted in more than 80,000 megawatts of coal capacity being retrofitted with SCRs. ppb by 2025.
New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Each year between August and October, the ozone over the South Pole is depleted – this year the hole is larger than 75 per cent of the holes that had formed by this point in the season since 1979
New Scientist
JANUARY 17, 2022
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
New Scientist
DECEMBER 21, 2021
This year has been characterised by cold and strong polar vortices, resulting in strong ozone depletion and a reminder of how much the ozone hole can vary annually as it heals
Inhabitant
OCTOBER 4, 2022
But ozone pollution is coming between plant and pollinator, according to a new study. Plants communicate through organic volatile compounds that signal to pollinators that a flower awaits them.
New Scientist
AUGUST 18, 2021
The international treaty to protect the ozone layer has had the inadvertent benefit of protecting plants and avoiding up to 1°C of future climate change this century, almost as much as the world has warmed to date.
Scientific American
OCTOBER 9, 2021
The Montreal Protocol has helped heal the ozone layer that blocks harmful ultraviolet rays. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 26, 2022
Bakersfield, Fresno, and Visalia are consistently ranked as cities with the worst particulate and ozone pollution , according to the American Lung Association. and ozone concentrations highlighting air quality issues in the Central Valley. Annual average PM2.5 Graphics from CalEnviroScreen 4.0
Environmental News Bits
JUNE 17, 2021
The combined health effects of ozone pollution and extreme heat disproportionately hurt poorer areas, according to a new study analyzing hospitalizations by ZIP code in California. Read the full story at Smart Cities Dive.
Law and Environment
JANUARY 9, 2023
Today, the New York Times reported that a recent assessment shows that the world is on track to reach pre-1980 levels of upper atmosphere ozone by roughly 2040. Especially when it’s good news about effective international cooperation on environmental protection issues. .
Yale E360
AUGUST 20, 2021
The Montreal Protocol, which phased out the use of ozone-depleting chemicals, not only saved the ozone layer, but also staved off an additional 2.5 degrees C (4.5 degrees F) of warming by the end of this century, according to a new study. Read more on E360 ?.
Legal Planet
MARCH 16, 2023
and ozone concentrations as a result of the standards.” The analysis drew upon numerous published studies, but also included voluminous evidence that the agency itself had assembled. EPA concluded that “non-Hispanic Blacks will experience the greatest reductions in PM2.5
Legal Planet
MARCH 15, 2023
Additionally, NOx react with other chemicals in the air to create other harmful pollutants, like fine particulate matter and ozone. In the Los Angeles Basin, where ozone pollution is the worst in the nation, the South Coast Air Quality Management District is also years behind.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
The SIPS cover all sources of pollution – everything from smoky diesel trucks to coal-fired power plants to use of ozone-causing chemicals. The process can be slow, but the advantage is that it casts a wide net.
3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
In 2001, he responded to his observation by establishing Tersano, an organization that would be the first in the world to invent Stabilized Aqueous Ozone (SAO®). Instead, it uses the power of ultra-safe ozone to obliterate germs, including those responsible for the novel coronavirus diseases. A Century-Old Science.
New Scientist
JANUARY 6, 2023
Fossils show plants were producing higher levels of sunscreen chemicals to protect against higher ultraviolet light levels at the end of the Permian period
Real Climate
MARCH 16, 2023
This ensemble samples model structural variability (vertical resolution, model top, interactive composition) and some aspects of forcing uncertainty (notably for aerosols and ozone), as well as the initial-condition (‘weather’) variability we are used to seeing. As above, the GISS ensemble diverges slightly from the observations.
3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Instead, it harnesses the natural oxidizing power of ozone infused in water to eliminate 99.999% of germs, including those responsible for the novel coronavirus disease. Tersano’s Stabilized Aqueous Ozone is an all-in-one, all-purpose, no-rinse solution. The best part? Tersano’s solution contains no harsh chemicals.
Inside Climate News
JUNE 29, 2022
By Phil McKenna The burgeoning space tourism industry could soon fuel significant global warming while also depleting the protective ozone layer that is crucial for sustaining life on Earth, a new study concludes. Billionaire Jeff Bezos’ rockets burn liquid hydrogen and oxygen and pose a lesser climate threat.
Real Climate
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The key conclusions were that the internal variability, and treatment of ozone and aerosol forcings make material differences to the comparisons and that these need to be considered part of the structural uncertainty in the models.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 1, 2022
The direct emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO X ) associated with truck pollution exacerbates asthma , and NO X leads to the formation of ozone, which shows clear evidence for reduced lung function and increased mortality. We in Colorado have many days of problematic ozone. California is leading the way, but states are ready to follow.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Fragrant chemicals in scented surface cleaners react with ozone to produce pollutant particles that may be harmful to the respiratory system
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Alternatively, the use of ozone for WFI system sanitization is in vogue for ambient and cold systems, which eliminates the burn hazard but introduces a less severe safety concern—personnel exposure during sanitization. Ambient systems can use ozone injection instead of heat to kill microbes and reduce TOC (i.e., during sanitization).
3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Tersano is recognized for the scientific breakthrough of Stabilized Aqueous Ozone , popularly referred to on the market as simply SAO. Instead, it uses the power of ultra-safe ozone to obliterate germs, including those responsible for the novel coronavirus diseases. Unrivalled Cleaning Efficiency and Performance.
3BL Media
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Such a data gap could lessen the accuracy of the basin’s data models and weaken efforts to keep the public informed about periods when ozone levels, for example, might reach a point that could affect people with respiratory ailments.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 23, 2021
Succeeding in the climate arena will also show that human beings can cooperate to address global issues, just as we did in protecting the ozone layer and eliminating smallpox. We will also have preserved important tropical forests and their incredibly rich and diverse ecosystems.
Physics World
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
When they monitored how the material’s electrical conductivity changes as the concentration of its atomic defects is reversibly modulated using external stimuli such as oxygen, ozone and light, they found that it mimics non-associative learning. Universal learning characteristics.
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
The landmark Montreal Protocol treaty, agreed to 35 years ago this month, has reduced the use of chemicals that not only thinned the ozone layer but also warmed the planet.
Scientific American
AUGUST 20, 2021
Without the Montreal Protocol, more solar radiation would have destroyed plants, lessening the CO2 they absorb. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 27, 2022
and ozone concentrations as a result of the standards.”. EPA also used satellite studies of the effect of the COVID lockdown, with its traffic reduction, on local pollution, which found that the lockdown resulted in the greatest pollution reductions in areas with higher concentrations of people of color.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 15, 2023
Beginning in the 2026 ozone season, EPA is setting enforceable NOX emissions control requirements for certain sources at existing and new industrial facilities that have significant impacts on downwind air quality and the ability to install cost-effective pollution controls.
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