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JUNE 13, 2009

University of California, Davis researchers will receive $2.8 million in new grants to study the use and impacts of escaped nitrogen from agricultural production. Nitrogen-based fertilizers help California farmers produce more than 400 agricultural commodities—vegetables, fruits, meats and dairy products—worth $36 billion a year.

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Davis Escape Ozone California 240

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Average annual percentage of black carbon pollution related to Chinese exports. Dust, ozone and carbon can accumulate in valleys and basins in California and other Western states. When you buy a product at Wal-Mart, it has to be manufactured somewhere. —Steve Davis, UC Irvine Earth system scientist and co-author.

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Pollution Chinese Manufacturer Ozone 318

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Although viewed as a potential target in the global effort to reduce climate change, atmospheric black carbon particles absorb significantly less sunlight than scientists have predicted, according to a new study by an international team of researchers, published in the journal Science. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Climate Climate Change Carbon Boston 261

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

The new findings contradict previous research focused on the LA Basin which concluded that gasoline vehicles contributed more to the production of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) than exhaust from diesel vehicles. The team used a chemical mass balance model to examine the contributions from each source to reactive gas-phase organic carbon.

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Diesel Los Angeles Exhaust Gasoline 281