Scientists confirmed that much of ozone's increase in the upper troposphere is likely due to humans. A team detected a clear signal of human influence on upper tropospheric ozone trends in a 17-year ...

A research team led by Prof. SI Fuqi from Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (AIOFM), Hefei Institutes of physical Science (HFIPS) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a new method ...

Ground level ozone (O3) also tropospheric ozone, is a trace gas of the troposphere, with an average concentration of 20–30 parts per billion by volume (ppbv), with close to 100 ppbv in polluted areas.

The stratospheric ozone layer exists 10 to 25 miles above the Earth's surface and protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation, but down here in the troposphere, ozone buildup can impact human ...

image: The reconstruction of ozone levels over the Iberian Peninsula between 1979 and 2008 reveals that positive trends began eight years after the ratification of the Montreal Protocol. Furthermore, ...

New research has identified a lesser-known form of ozone playing a big role in heating the Southern Ocean -- one of Earth's main cooling systems. New research has identified a lesser-known form of ...

An NRC committee will evaluate the scientific and technical bases of approaches used by EPA for estimating ozone mortality risk reduction and associated benefits of health-based standards over time.

NOVOSIBIRSK, March 27. /TASS/. Scientists at the St. Petersburg State University discovered an increase in toxic tropospheric ozone in Siberia in summer, which may be related to forest fires, the ...