Ozone Emissions

We live with ozone every day. It can protect life on earth or harm it, but we have the power to influence ozone's impact by the way we live - EPA

Ozone Emissions
Ozone Emissions

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Ozone Pollution Remains a Problem Around The World. But Solutions Exist


Ground-level ozone, or O3, is a hazard to human health and the environment, causing respiratory problems and exacerbating asthma while also harming some vegetation and wildlife. Created when by-products of combustion interact with sunlight, it may cause more than a million deaths each year around the world, along with tens of billions of dollars in crop losses.

From a technological standpoint, this is a fixable problem. Available — though sometimes costly — solutions for scrubbing ozone precursors from smokestack emissions exist. In fact, the U.S. auto industry has already managed to cut vehicle emissions of ozone-exacerbating pollutants more than 99 percent over a few decades,…

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Resources

 Ozone Pollution Remains a Problem Around The World. But Solutions Exist

As sources of ozone-exacerbating pollutants increase, countries weigh costs and benefits of tightened regulation.

International Ozone Association

The IOA is a not-for-profit educational association which performs its information-sharing functions through sponsorship of international symposia, seminars, publications, and the development of personal relationships among ozone specialists throughout the world.

Stratospheric Ozone

NOAA uses satellite, airborne and ground-based systems to continuously monitor stratospheric ozone as well as the chemical compounds and atmospheric conditions that affect its concentration.

NASA Ozone Watch

This is the Ozone Hole Watch web site, where you can check on the latest status of the ozone layer over the South Pole. Satellite instruments monitor the ozone layer, and we use their data to create the images that depict the amount of ozone.

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