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UC Berkeley Chemists Identify Missing Nitrogen Oxide Pollutant In Atmosphere
March 26, 2002 — Along the route from tailpipe through atmosphere, nitrogen oxides - collectively known as NOx compounds - react with hydrocarbons to form a variety of nitrogen-containing pollutants, including nitric ... > full story -
Air Pollution Causes Healthy Blood Vessels To Constrict
March 12, 2002 — For the first time researchers have shown that air pollution negatively affects the blood vessels of healthy humans, according to a study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. ... > full story -
Future Volcanic Eruptions May Cause Ozone Hole Over Arctic
March 6, 2002 — An "ozone hole" could form over the North Pole after future major volcanic eruptions, according to the cover story by a NASA scientist in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ... > full story -
Increased Water Vapor In Stratosphere Possibly Caused By Tropical Biomass Burning
February 21, 2002 — The doubling of the moisture content in the stratosphere over the last 50 years was caused, at least in part, by tropical biomass burning, a Yale researcher has concluded from examining satellite ... > full story -
Pinatubo Volcano Research Boosts Case For Human-Caused Global Warming
February 20, 2002 — Research into the worldwide climatic impact of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption during the 10 years since the eruption has strengthened the case for human causes of global warming, a Rutgers ... > full story -
Air Pollution May Trigger Asthma In Young Athletes
February 1, 2002 — Children who compete in sports in communities with more heavily polluted air are more likely to be diagnosed with asthma than other children, according to research from the Keck School of Medicine of ... > full story -
Greenhouse Emissions Growth Slowed Over Past Decade
January 16, 2002 — A new NASA-funded study shows that the rate of growth of greenhouse gas emissions has slowed since its peak in 1980, due in part to international cooperation that led to reduced chlorofluorocarbon ... > full story -
Red Alert! "Recycled'' Ozone Adds To Health Hazards In Zambia
December 10, 2001 — Researchers analyzing harmful low-level ozone or "smog" over the African country of Zambia measured high amounts of pollution throughout the burning season in the year 2000, and discovered ... > full story -
Researchers Discover That Volcanic Eruptions Masked Global Warming During The Past 20 Years
November 28, 2001 — Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, who examined temperature data from 1979 to 1999, have discovered that large volcanic eruptions cooled the lower troposphere (the layer of ... > full story -
2001 Ozone Hole About The Same Size As Past Three Years
October 17, 2001 — Satellite data show the area of this year's Antarctic ozone hole peaked at about 26 million square kilometers -- roughly the size of North America -- making the hole similar in size to those of ... > full story
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