article thumbnail

Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

Green Car Congress

Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone destruction. —Jake Beaulieu of the University of Notre Dame and the US EPA, and lead author of the PNAS paper. Linda Ashkenas of Oregon State University; Lee Cooper of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, Md.;

article thumbnail

Study links air pollution to increased emergency department visits for heart and lung disease

Green Car Congress

New research by George Mason University found that exposure to certain air pollutants is linked to increased emergency department (ED) visits for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. ozone and sulfate) origin and cardiorespiratory emergency department (ED) visits for 8 specific outcomes in five U.S.

Pollution 353
article thumbnail

Study finds fleet switch from PFI to GDI engines will result in net reduction in global warming

Green Car Congress

The study, by a team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Georgia, Aerodyne Research, California Air Resources Board (ARB), Ohio State University, UC Berkeley, and UC San Diego is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. We estimate ozone and SOA formation potential.

Fleet 207