Remove Climate Remove Colorado Remove Ozone Remove Production
article thumbnail

TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

Green Car Congress

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. Trends in daily maximum ozone levels (known as 4MDA8) at urban and non-urban sites.

Ozone 255
article thumbnail

UCI-led study finds California’s strict air quality regulations have helped farmers

Green Car Congress

They found that reductions in ground ozone during this 35-year period resulted in $600 million in increased production annually by the early 2010s. Another difference is that some grains can be annually modified to withstand greater heat and even higher ozone levels in the air. —Steven Davis.

Ozone 186
article thumbnail

EPA awards $6M in research funding to improve air quality models

Green Car Congress

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $5,959,842 million in research funding to nine institutions to improve air quality models used to simulate ozone, particulate matter (PM), regional haze, air toxics, and emerging pollutants.

EPA 207
article thumbnail

Study finds some refrigerants less damaging to ozone layer can degrade to long-lived GHG CF4

Green Car Congress

Some of the substitutes for ozone-damaging chemicals that being phased out worldwide under international agreements are themselves potent greenhouse gases and contribute to warming. CF 4 was one of those breakdown products. We really need to understand the chemistry of the compounds we use. —Aaron Jubb. Jubb, Max R.

Ozone 150
article thumbnail

New international study finds lab testing of diesel NOx emissions underestimates real-world levels by up to 50%

Green Car Congress

in collaboration with scientists at the University of York’s Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI); University of Colorado; and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, assessed 30 studies of vehicle emissions under real-world driving conditions in 11 major vehicle markets representing 80% of new diesel vehicle sales in 2015.

Diesel 230
article thumbnail

Critical review finds actual measurement data on segments of natural gas lifecycle sparse or lacking

Green Car Congress

National and state regulators primarily use generic emission inventories to assess the climate, air quality, and health impacts of natural gas systems. well production end-of-life. These inventories rely on limited, incomplete, and sometimes outdated emission factors and activity data, based on few measurements, they found.

Gas 218
article thumbnail

Study Concludes that Rocket Launches May Need Regulation to Prevent Ozone Depletion

Green Car Congress

The global market for rocket launches may require more stringent regulation in order to prevent significant damage to Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer in the decades to come, according to a new study by researchers in California and Colorado. Darin Toohey.

Ozone 150