New research has shown that rising sea levels could be greatly slowed if certain fast cycling pollutants are cut from the numerous emissions being pumped into the atmosphere. According to … [Read full article]
Tag: ozone
OzoneMap Delivers Real-Time Air Quality Information on your Smart Phone
Monitoring our health is becoming easier and easier as the days go by and the smart-phone apps multiply. Some are probably to our detriment, convincing us we’ve all of a … [Read full article]
Explaining The 2011 Arctic Ozone Hole
The loss of ozone over Antarctica in the southern hemisphere is relatively well documented and popularly known, especially within Australia where for residents of southern states (like the island state … [Read full article]
If the Ozone Hole Were Discovered Today… We'd Probably Let It Fry Us
by Jeff Turrentine, an OnEarth Magazine repost F. Sherwood Rowland, the chemist whose work on ozone layer depletion won a Nobel Prize, died last Saturday in California. Rowland earned his place … [Read full article]
Slow Global Warming, Improve Health, Boost Agriculture, NOW!
NASA has released a study that highlights 14 key air pollution control measures that could slow the pace of global warming, improve health, and boost agricultural production if they were … [Read full article]
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Created Urban City Air Pollution Levels
The wealth of air pollutants that were generated in the atmospheric plume as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 amounted to levels similar to the pollution … [Read full article]
Stadium and Street Lighting at Night Affect Daytime Pollution
New research has discovered that sports-stadium lighting used for night games, as well as street lights, may indeed increase the daytime levels of ozone. The research appears in the current … [Read full article]
Waterways Increasing Nitrous Oxide in Atmosphere
“Runoff from agricultural and urban watersheds has increased the availability of nitrogen in streams and rivers, greatly increasing nitrous oxide production rates,” said Jake Beaulieu, a postdoctoral researcher at the … [Read full article]
Breaths of Fresh Air: Bush-Era Pollution Waivers Rejected By Courts
Power plants play a huge role in emitting pollutants that make up the ozone. This pollution browns and blackens our horizons. We call it smog. Smog has been linked to premature deaths, thousands of emergency room visits, and tens of thousands of asthma attacks each year. Pollution in the ozone is particularly dangerous to small children and the elderly, who are often warned to stay indoors on days with poor air quality due to pollutants.
Ozone Hole Larger in 2008 than in 2007, not in 2006
Living in Australia brings with it a wonderful set of environmental circumstances to live with. Not only do we have two weather patterns – El Nino/La Nina and the Indian … [Read full article]
Nuclear War’s Effect on the Environment
It seems somewhat ridiculous to be talking about the “additional” effects that a nuclear war would have on the environment. A slew of jokes run through my mind, touting the … [Read full article]
Bush Continues to Erode Own Scientific Integrity
George W. Bush has definitely been a polarizing personality in his two terms as leader of the United States of America. From the beginning and his War on Iraq he … [Read full article]