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Chemistry World
August 11, 2009
Simon Hadlington |
Urban materials trigger air pollution Independent teams of researchers in the UK and the US have shown that nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere can participate in chemical reactions on the surfaces of buildings, indoors and outdoors.   |
Chemistry World
August 8, 2013
James Urquhart |
Wealth of undiscovered volatiles found drifting above orange groves Scientists have measured the exchange of hundreds of volatile organic compounds in the air above an orange grove in California and the ecosystem below. The finding could have implications for climate and air pollution models |
Chemistry World
July 27, 2012
Phillip Broadwith |
Storm on the horizon for ozone levels Summer storms can inject water vapor high into the atmosphere and trigger processes that degrade the ozone layer, say US chemists. |
Chemistry World
March 2009
Emma Davies |
Fruits of the forest Last summer a team of UK scientists dragged the contents of their lab out into the jungle, to analyse the local atmosphere. |
Chemistry World
October 6, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Global ozone pollution warning Current controls are failing to protect human health and the environment from increasing ground-level ozone, according to a report by the Royal Society. |
Geotimes
July 2003
Tim Palucka |
Lightning implicated in ozone over Africa About five years ago, atmospheric scientists studying ozone concentrations over equatorial Africa and the southern hemisphere of the tropical Atlantic came across a puzzling situation. Unexpectedly high levels of ozone in southern Africa were finally explained by an overlooked phenomenon: lightning. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 37
David Bradley |
Shipping News International shipping may be one of the largest sources of air pollutants along the Norwegian coast and in the Northern Atlantic. |
Chemistry World
July 10, 2006
Arthur Rogers |
Outdoor Chores Outlawed Under restrictions triggered when ground levels of ozone -- an indicator of photochemical smog -- exceed set thresholds, French officials are empowered to ban certain activities in order to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds. |
Smithsonian
February 2007
Virginia Morell |
Ahead in the Clouds The no-nonsense atmospheric chemist Susan Solomon helped patch the ozone hole. Now, as a leader of a major United Nations report -- out this month -- she's going after global warming. |
Chemistry World
December 13, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
Breaking the strongest bonds Chemists have uncovered a way to sever two of the strongest bonds in chemistry - in dinitrogen and carbon monoxide - and make useful organic compounds. |
Chemistry World
December 2, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
US moves to tighten ozone limits The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed tightening air quality standards for ground-level ozone, a constituent of smog. Industry groups said the new measures were too stringent. |
Geotimes
December 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
Road Salt Contaminates Water When faced with a winter storm, cities deploy trucks to cover city streets with salt. The nation's favorite deicer, however, pollutes freshwater, and new research suggests the effects of road salt may be more widespread than previously thought. |
Chemistry World
October 5, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
New US ozone standard under fire The US has strengthened air quality standards for ground-level ozone generating a backlash from industry. |
Chemistry World
August 18, 2009
Jon Cartwright |
Ozone reaction with skin causes irritants Armin Wisthaler of the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria, and Charles Weschler of Rutgers University in New Jersey, US, have performed a study of ozone with human occupants in an office environment. |
Chemistry World
July 31, 2014
Caryl Richards |
New source of hydroxyl radicals found in the clouds An international collaboration of scientists has discovered a previously unidentified source of tropospheric hydroxyl radicals generated by the interaction of ozone with the surface of clouds. |
Geotimes
April 2004
Naomi Lubick |
EPA announces ozone hotspots The Environmental Protection Agency released a list yesterday of U.S. counties that need to come into compliance for amounts of ozone in the atmosphere at ground levels. |
Chemistry World
May 31, 2009
Nina Notman |
New probe promises ozone answers Chemists in the US have devised a single-molecule fluorescent probe that is selective for ozone, which they hope will help address controversy over claims that cells can produce ozone. |
Chemistry World
August 27, 2009
Tom Bond |
Nitrous oxide key ozone destroyer Nitrous oxide is the single most important manmade substance reducing ozone in the atmosphere, according to US researchers. |
Chemistry World
September 16, 2014
James Urquhart |
Ozone layer no longer thinning Scientists say that they are cautiously optimistic about the recovery of the ozone layer. |
Outside
November 2004
Grant Davis |
Bad Air Days Urban pollution can undo your fitness plans. To avoid the big wheeze, check out our guide to finding the freshest outdoor oxygen in cities across the country. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 47
David Bradley |
Rubens' Lady in Red Turns Monochrome As the red color in a classic painting fades, earlier theories explaining the discoloration are unsatisfying. Investigators uncover the likely chemical reactions. |
