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NASA Study Links "Smog" to Arctic Warming
NASA scientists have found that a major form of global air pollution involved in summertime "smog" has also played a significant role in warming the Arctic.   view more (2006-03-15)

New policies needed to combat Global Change, says Commissioner Wallström
Never before have policy makers faced a more challenging task than responding to global change, said EU Environment Commissioner Margot Wallström, in an article in the International Herald Tribune today (http://www.iht.com/articles/125563.html) and in a statement made for the launch of a new... view more (2004-01-20)

Ozone layer decline leveling off, according to new study
A new global study involving long-term data from satellites and ground stations indicates Earth's ozone layer, while still severely depleted following decades of thinning from industrial chemicals in the atmosphere, is no longer in decline.   view more (2005-08-30)

Outdoor Team Sports In High-Ozone Environments Could Triple Asthma Risk In Children (p 386)
A US study in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how children playing outdoor team sports in areas of high ozone concentration could be three times more likely to develop asthma than children who do not take part in sporting activities. Asthma is the most common chronic disease of... view more (2002-01-30)

Satellite instrument helps tackle mysteries of ozone-eating clouds
Polar stratospheric clouds have become the focus of many research projects in recent years due to the discovery of their role in ozone depletion, but essential aspects of these clouds remain a mystery.   view more (2006-04-11)

Ozone and UV over Europe: no sign of improvement
"The occurrence of ozone mini-holes over Europe increases and any ozone layer recovery could only become measurable around 2010 at the earliest" concludes an assessment report, released today, on European research in the stratosphere. The report concerns loss of ozone, increases in... view more (2002-01-21)

Grape expectations for healthier wine
A new technique that uses ozone to preserve grapes could help prevent allergies and boost healthy compounds at the same time, reports Jennifer Rohn in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.   view more (2007-02-12)

Slow Electrons are "killing" Ozone
Outstanding new discoveries in ion physics Innsbruck/Vienna (Austrian Science Fund) - Tilmann M'Īrk from the Institute of Ion Physics at the University of Innsbruck and his team have, with the support of the Austrian Science Fund, developed unique methods and equipment to examine the interaction of... view more (2001-10-15)

FSU meteorologists' work may lead to better tracking of hurricanes
Scientists are continually exploring different aspects of hurricanes to increase the understanding of how they behave. Recently, two NASA-funded scientists from Florida State University analyzed ozone levels surrounding hurricanes. Their work could lead to better methods of forecasting the paths of... view more (2005-06-09)

Gender may play role in recovery from pneumonia after ozone exposure
Does air pollution have a bigger effect on the immune system of females than males? It did among mice exposed to ozone -- a major component in air pollution that is known to negatively affect lung function -- and then infected with pneumonia, as significantly more females died from the infection... view more (2007-06-26)

EPA ozone pollution standards 'unhealthy for America,' says American Thoracic Society president
David H. Ingbar MD, president of the American Thoracic Society, today called the proposed standards issued by the Environmental Protection Agency for ozone pollution-commonly known as smog-"unhealthy for America's kids, unhealthy for America's seniors, and unhealthy for America."   view more (2007-06-25)

Mountainous plateau creates ozone 'halo' around Tibet
Not only is the air around the world's highest mountains thin, but it's thick with ozone, says a new study from University of Toronto researchers.   view more (2005-12-08)

Skin oil -- ozone interactions worsen air quality in airplanes
Airline passengers and crews who gripe about poor cabin air quality could have a new culprit to blame: the oils on their skin, hair and clothing.   view more (2007-09-06)

A Very Massive Stellar Black Hole in the Milky Way Galaxy
VLT ISAAC Uncovers an Enigmatic Microquasar   view more (2001-11-27)

New window into ancient ozone holes
British researchers have hit on a clever way to search for ancient ozone holes and their relationship to mass extinctions: measure the remains of ultraviolet-B absorbing pigments ancient plants left in their fossilized spores and pollen.   view more (2005-08-10)

Underground Nuclear Explosions Deteriorate The Ozone Layer
Russian scientists have found one more cause of depletion of the ozone layer. They think that abyssal gases can go to the surface and reach stratosphere, deteriorating the ozone shield. Underground nuclear explosions enforce this process. A geologist Boris Golubov of the Institute of Geosphere... view more (2002-08-16)

Long-Term ozone measurements from Space assured
The EUMETSAT Polar System, and the ESA METOP-1 Programme together form a co-operative venture between the two organisations, and lead to the launch of the first METOP satellite in mid-2003. The system provides operational meteorological data from polar orbiting satellites, to complement and... view more (2000-03-05)

Indoor air purifiers that produce even small amounts of ozone may be risky for health
In a small, poorly ventilated room, an indoor air purifier that produces even a few milligrams of ozone per hour can create an ozone level that exceeds public health standards.   view more (2006-05-10)

Ozone shuts down early immune response in lungs and body
As policy makers debate what levels of ozone in the air are safe for humans to breathe, studies in mice are revealing that the inhaled pollutant impairs the body's first line of defense, making it more susceptible to subsequent foreign invaders, such as bacteria.   view more (2007-10-01)

Fires in Alaska and Canada caused sharp increase in Houston's ozone level
Forest fires that ravaged parts of eastern Alaska and western Canada in 2004 exacerbated the already-high levels of ozone pollution in Houston, Texas, some 5,000 kilometers [3,000 miles] away.   view more (2006-09-25)

Wildfires Cause Ozone Pollution to Violate Health Standards, New Study Shows
Wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate U.S. health standards, a new study concludes.   view more (2008-10-10)

ESA finds a black-hole flywheel in the Milky Way
Far away among the stars, in the Ara constellation of the southern sky, a small black hole is whirling space around it. If you tried to stay still in its vicinity, you couldn`t. You`d be dragged around at high speed as if you were riding on a giant flywheel. In reality, gas falling into the black... view more (2002-04-26)

How to Make A Black Hole Choke
Embargoed until 22 November 1999   view more (1999-11-16)

Study: Perception of hole size influenced by performance
Golfers who play well are more likely to see the hole as larger than their poor-playing counterparts, according to a Purdue University researcher.   view more (2008-07-08)

UCI scientists find chlorine may contribute to ozone formation
Standard methods of predicting air pollution don't take atmospheric chlorine into account, but the chemical could be responsible for 10 percent or more of daily ozone production in local air, research at UC Irvine has found.   view more (2006-06-14)

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