2018 China Ozone Pollution 
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JANUARY 3, 2019
In early 2013, the Chinese government declared a war on air pollution and began instituting stringent policies to regulate the emissions of PM 2.5. concentrations in eastern China have fallen nearly 40%. pollution is falling, harmful ground-level ozone pollution is on the rise, especially in large cities.
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
In China, people breathe ozone-laden air two to six times more often than people in the United States, Europe, Japan, or South Korea, according to a new international study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 2017 for one ozone metric. The inset shows ozone trends in Beijing (red) and Los Angeles (blue).
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FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Ozone levels across much of North America and Europe dropped significantly between 2000 and 2014. People living in parts of southern Europe, South Korea and southern Japan and China also experienced more than 15 days a year of ozone levels above 70 ppb. Source: University of Leicester. Click to enlarge.
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OCTOBER 28, 2018
Air pollution—specifically PM 2.5 , ozone and NO 2 —could be to blame for up to 33 million emergency asthma attack visits to hospital a year, according to a new open-access study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. 37% and 73% of ozone and PM 2.5 37% and 73% of ozone and PM 2.5
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APRIL 18, 2018
Air pollution is the leading environmental cause of death worldwide according to the State of Global Air 2018 , the annual report and interactive website published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI). State of Global Air 2018. Population-weighted seasonal average ozone concentrations in 2016. State of Global Air 2018.
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MARCH 14, 2020
These findings will help to improve the understanding of global processes involved in cloud formation and air pollution and to refine the corresponding models. This common compound is found not only in ants and stinging nettles, but also in the atmosphere, where it is an important indicator of air pollution. Resources. Pospisilova, F.
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MARCH 22, 2018
However, emissions do not just remain in conurbations; particles and gaseous pollutants can be transported thousands of kilometers by the wind. The University of Bremen is the scientific base of the international project known as EMeRGe (Effect of Megacities on the transport and transformation of pollutants on the Regional and Global scales).
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