Given the increasing frequency of heat waves, the issue of ozone concentrations in the lowest layer of the atmosphere is ...

A research team led by Prof. Xie Pinhua from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), studied the ratio of HCHO and NO 2 during a typical pollution ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B - Note on the Formation of Ozone and Secondary Fine Particulate Matter." Transportation Research Board. 2002. The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) encompass a diverse group of carbon‐containing gases emitted from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Once released into the lower atmosphere, VOCs undergo ...

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 ...

Wildfire smoke from Canada and potential ozone formation at the surface could impact air quality the next few days.

Nitrogen, volatile organic compounds and sunlight are the three ingredients that form the smog that regularly chokes people and plants, causing tens of thousands of respiratory-related deaths and ...

As Europeans endured record heat, hundreds of millions were also exposed to hazardous ozone levels – caused by fossil fuel ...

Mitigation of the ozone-pollution problem is complicated by the fact that ozone (O 3) is a secondary pollutant; that is, it is not emitted directly into the atmosphere, but is produced by ...

Two-thirds of the European Union's population may have been exposed to harmful levels of ozone pollution during last month's ...