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Reducing Black Carbon Emissions and Ground-Level Ozone Would Provide Immediate Benefit Against Climate Change

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Reducing emissions of black carbon soot and ground-level ozone would quickly make a considerable dent in the climate change problem and would also contribute to public health and protect crop yields, according to an essay in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs. Besides a danger to breathe, ozone lowers crop yields.

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Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

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Up there, 10 to 50 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, ozone molecules absorb the sun’s ultraviolet light, protecting life far below. Even less is understood about the potential risks to people and the environment—could the particles deplete the ozone layer, for example, or significantly alter the weather? about 0.6 °C.

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The Invention of Battlezone

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This article was first published as "Battlezone: war in 3-D." It appeared in the December 1982 issue of IEEE Spectrum as part of a special report, “Video games: The electronic big bang.” Much of the early work in designing Battlezone, Mr. Rotberg said, was involved in “figuring out how to organize the data.”

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Study finds that cities with highly contiguous built-up areas have on average lower NO2 concentrations

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It is also a precursor to the formation of ground-level ozone and particulate matter, and as a cause of acid rain. Overall our findings suggest that policies encouraging contiguous rather than isolated development may be an effective part of urban design strategies seeking to minimize NO 2 air pollution. —Bechle et al.

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The Electric Purple Snake-Oil Machine

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According to company literature , Model M was its most popular general-purpose product, while Model D was for dentistry, and the tricked-out Model R [pictured at top] had finer regulation of current and a built-in ozone generator to help with head and lung congestion. Ozone mode was for inhaling, to treat lung disorders.

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Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

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But it's also a way of indicating that there is hope and possibility in navigating the dangerous part of the climate change situation. We've also focused on the parts of the portfolio where there are fewer people and fewer investments that are moving things forward. Spectrum : Where are these three parts of the world?

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Study finds paved surfaces in Houston worsen air quality

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The article is in press in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres , a publication of the American Geophysical Union. Houston, with a mix of petrochemical facilities, sprawling suburbs, and traffic jams that stretch for miles, has some of the highest levels of ground-level ozone and other air pollutants in the United States.

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