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Breeding Ozone-Tolerant Crops
August 22, 2011 — Scientists have found that future levels of ground-level ozone could reduce soybean yields by an average 23 ... > full story -
Soybean Genetic Treasure Trove Found in Swedish Village
July 29, 2011 — The first screening of the American ancestors of soybeans for tolerance to ozone and other stresses had an eye-opening result: The world superstars of stress resistance hailed from a little village ... > full story -
NASA's Aura Satellite Measures Pollution 'Butterfly' from Fires in Central Africa
July 15, 2011 — Fires raging in central Africa are generating a high amount of pollution that is showing up in data from NASA's Aura Satellite, with the ominous shape of a dark red butterfly in the skies over ... > full story -
NASA's Aura Satellite Measures Pollution from New Mexico, Arizona Fires
July 1, 2011 — NASA's Aura Satellite has provided a view of nitrogen dioxide levels coming from the fires in New Mexico and Arizona. Detecting nitrogen dioxide is important because it reacts with sunlight to create ... > full story -
Climate Change Increases the Risk of Ozone Damage to Plants, Swedish Research Finds
June 30, 2011 — Ground-level ozone is an air pollutant that harms humans and plants. Both climate and weather play a major role in ozone damage to plants. Researchers in Sweden have now shown that climate change has ... > full story -
Research Aircraft Polar 5 Returned from Spring Measurements in the High Arctic
May 16, 2011 — The research aircraft Polar 5 has just returned from a six-week expedition in the high Arctic. One of the key aspects of the expedition were large-scale sea ice thickness measurements in the inner ... > full story -
The Skinny on How Shed Skin Reduces Indoor Air Pollution
May 9, 2011 — The flakes of skin that people shed at the rate of 500 million cells every day are not just a nuisance -- the source of dandruff, for instance, and a major contributor to house dust. A new study ... > full story -
Choosing the Right Electric Vehicles Batteries for the Future
April 22, 2011 — One of the most important decisions facing designers of plug-in electric or hybrid vehicles is related to battery choice. Now, researchers have used a life cycle analysis to examine three vehicle ... > full story -
Ozone Hole Linked to Climate Change All the Way to the Equator
April 21, 2011 — The ozone hole, which is located over the South Pole, has affected the entire circulation of the Southern Hemisphere all the way to the equator, according to new research. This is the first time that ... > full story -
Electric Cars Need Night Time Charging, Evidence Suggests
April 18, 2011 — Researchers in America have shown that ozone -- a known pollutant at low levels in Earth's atmosphere, causing harmful effects on the respiratory system and sensitive plants -- can be reduced, on ... > full story
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