ozone

Ozone (O3) in the troposphere negatively impacts crop growth and development, causing significant decreases in crop yield worldwide. This airborne pollutant does not come directly from smokestacks or vehicles, but instead is formed when…

Hydrocarbon pollutants, to be sure, are more inextricably woven into the global economy than F-gases, which are used in a handful of niche applications in select industries. And F-gases haven’t been eliminated. Indeed, their importance as…

An international policy struck decades ago is healing a hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic — but according to a new study, it's also having an unintended climate benefit on the opposite side of the world. Climate researchers at…

Doctors have weighed in on Gwyneth Paltrow's ‘pretty weird’ new wellness trend that involves shooting gas up her rectum.They warn that there is no robust scientific evidence pointing to the treatment's benefits and warned that it could even…

<!-- -->Mario Molina was born on March 19, 1943, in Mexico CityGoogle on Sunday celebrated the 80th birth anniversary of Dr Mario Molina, a legendary Mexican chemist with a colourful doodle. A co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in…

For years, the chemicals used in hair spray and refrigerators wreaked havoc on the ozone layer, the protective shroud that shields us from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation. But it wasn't until 1974 that people started to take…

Google Doodle Today: Dr Mario Molina was born on this day in 1943. (Screengrab: Google.com) Google Doodle Today: Dr Mario Molina was one of the first to discover that chlorofluorocarbons were breaking down the ozone and causing ultraviolet…

<!-- -->The wildfires swept through southeast Australia in 2019-20.A wildfire that swept through southeast Australia in 2019-20 unleashed chemicals that widened the ozone layer, according to a new study published in Nature. The study…

Exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) ozone limit is associated with substantial increases in hospital admissions for heart attack, heart failure and stroke, according to a new study.The first evidence making this association is…

The first evidence that exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) ozone limit is associated with substantial increases in hospital admissions for heart attack, heart failure and stroke is published today in European Heart Journal, a…