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Ozone Pollution Is Cutting China’s Crop Production, Study Says
Ozone pollution is reducing wheat yields in China by one-third and significantly cutting the productivity of other staple crops, as the country’s ground-level ozone levels continue to rise despite improved air quality, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Nature Food.Using surface ozone concentration data between 2017 and 2019, an international team…
One of the longest-lived ozone holes on record is about to close
Environment 21 December 2021 By Adam Vaughan A representation of the ozone layer in late November 2021Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, ECMWF One of the longest-lived ozone holes on record is expected to close this Wednesday after several weeks of exposing wildlife and people in Antarctica to very high levels of ultraviolet radiation. The Montreal Protocol’s…