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Antarctic Ozone Hole to Be Healed by 2060

Courtney Lepping — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 17:15:04 +0000

There’s justification for the changes we’ve made in our personal lives to help the environment. The Antarctic ozone hole appears to be healing. The atmospheric chemist Susan Soloman, who was part of the recently published study on the Antarctic ozone hole, suggests that the ozone hole will heal towards the end of the century. The […]

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High Ozone Levels Linked to Heart Attacks

Leigh Hutchens — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:25:09 +0000

Researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas have proven a definite correlation between cardiac arrests occurring outside the hospital and air pollution and ozone levels. At the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in Boston, Rice statisticians Katherine Ensor and Loren Raun announced their findings, which they derived from a huge data […]

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New Cause of Destruction of Ozone Over the Oceans Identified

Mila Luleva — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:59:47 +0000

Research published in the latest issue of Nature Geoscience reveals new insights into what causes ozone layer destruction over the oceans. Researchers at University of York and Leeds discovered a previously unknown marine source of iodine oxide. They detected emissions of hypoiodus acid (HOI) gas, coupled with molecular iodine (I2). The gas was not considered […]

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Plug-In EVs and Hybrids Could Help Reduce Health-Damaging Ozone, Study Says

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:39:36 +0000

A recent study performed by University of Texas researchers shows the advantages of using plug-in hybrid vehicles such as the upcoming Prius over the ozone. The scenario in which the ozone layer is badly affected by pollution is already well documented, but the basics fact is that the gas is formed when hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides react with sunlight. For humans, though, breathing ozone in high quantities can be damaging for health by causing respiratory problems.

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E85 Ethanol Increases Pollution and Risk of Human Diseases

Cristi — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:03:43 +0000

Researches from Stanford University have recently published a study on ethanol fuel and its influence over human health. Compared to pure gasoline usage, ethanol increases health problems because of cancer-chemical formation.

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Lightnings Found to Produce 10% of Atmospheric NOx Greenhouse Gas

Cristi — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:49:26 +0000

Every year, scientists learn something new about the power of lightning. With the helps of the satellites they have created a lightning map for the globe, which shows that Rwanda has the most flashes per square kilometer, while the flashes at the polar regions occur rarely. Every year, 1,2 million flashes occur around the world.

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