Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The formation of hydrogen peroxide at the air-water interface in microdroplets is not spontaneous as previously believed but is instead driven by ozone (image credit: © 2022 KAUST). After several failed attempts to explain the conundrum, the team turned to ambient ozone as a potential actor in H2O2 formation. “I

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Record hot temperatures in the UK over the summer caused significant changes to the levels of harmful pollutants such as ozone and particulate matter, prompting a number of novel observations by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). Ozone events and their origins. g in rural areas, and the WHO guideline limit is 100?g.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Over a span of two years, we artificially elevated the levels of either ozone or diesel exhaust fumes around plots of flowering black mustard plants, all within fields of non-flowering wheat. Air pollutants like ozone are highly reactive and can degrade the signals by destroying the chemicals that make up a flower’s scent.

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Energy Central

MAY 12, 2022

Jared Polis (D) is touting his decision to let the Environmental Protection Agency downgrade the state’s ozone attainment level, calling it “good news” that a wave of new regulations will have economic consequences, including in the state’s oil and natural gas sector.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

while minimizing the ozone generation typically produced by plasma, according to the group. Additionally, the combined NTP and WS system can minimize or eliminate secondary air pollution by capturing ozone and other gaseous intermediate organics, which are by-products of the NTP process.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

People think of the ozone layer as a past-tense environmental … The post International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer appeared first on Earth 911. More: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

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Eco-Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Ground-level ozone, an invisible pollutant, hampers tree growth and reduces carbon absorption, potentially making tropical forests less effective as carbon sinks than previously estimated.

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NRDC onEarth

MAY 1, 2024

SB24-230 offers a tremendous opportunity to fund transit service through a fee on oil and gas production in Colorado—linking a key source of climate and ozone pollution with a key solution.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

APRIL 26, 2021

This year's installation of the American Lung Association's State of the Air report gave Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties an F in particle and ozone pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We’ve done it already in the 1990s, when international cooperation quickly phased out ozone-depleting chemicals and stopped the dangerous ozone hole from getting ever-bigger. We are still in the green for ozone-depleting chemicals. Three are based on what we take from the system: biodiversity loss fresh water land use.

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NRDC onEarth

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Countries commit to nearly 1 billion dollars under the Montreal Protocol for programs to cut ozone-depleting and climate-warming substances in developing countries.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

For decades, scientists have closely observed the ozone layer , which protects Earth from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Ozone is created in our atmosphere when the sun’s high-energy UV rays rupture the stable covalent bonds of atmospheric oxygen (O2) molecules, transforming them into free radicals.

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Energy Central

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Human-engineered ozone remains a problem coming largely from petrochemical industrial sources. The Persian Gulf has the highest concentrations of industrial ozone. Another country with high ozone levels is Nepal where rapid urbanization and industrial pollution in the Kathmandu Valley are seen to be the cause. Where is it worse?

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

By changing the humidity and amount of ozone – a key pollutant indoors and outdoors – the researchers were also able to mimic the behaviour of the films over time.

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TechXplore

APRIL 2, 2024

A research team has developed a green technology for eliminating odorous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their by-products, such as residual ozone and formaldehyde.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Since then progress has been made on mending the ozone layer and stopping acid rain but few are now pretending that environmental issues are non-partisan. Campaigners agreed everyone wanted to leave their children as good a planet as they inherited.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

A 2019 report shows seven of the top ten most ozone-choked cities in America are in California.

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altenergymag

JUNE 20, 2023

Increasing fossil fuel usage adds to the carbon footprint, further depleting the ozone layer. The government is also taking various initiatives to promote renewable energy usage and move towards a sustainable environment. The government is also providing various tax benefits and incentives which will further propel the growth of the market.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The gas, CFC-11, was banned in 2010 under the Montreal Protocol — the international treaty to eliminate substances that wreck the Earth’s protective ozone layer. Years of efforts to protect the ozone layer might be reversed if the emissions continued, experts warned. Where were the gases coming from?

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2021

The chemiluminescence reaction of ozone and nitric oxide causes the oxidation of nitric oxide (NO) to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) which generates photons that are measured using a photomultiplier tube. Typically, at Signal Group, the flows of ozone and sample are set in a ratio of 10:1. Ozonator design. NO2 converter. Vacuum pump.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The new pilot plant will be built and operated by water treatment experts Curio Water and will analyse samples of wastewater from the site, which produces effluent from teaching and research facilities, commercial businesses, halls of residence, and a hotel.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

and PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) nitrogen oxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO) and ozone (O 3). Ricardo will provide expert analysis and reporting, as well as ensuring that the performance and reliability of the sensors is maximised throughout the contract. The devices will monitor particulate matter (PM 2.5

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

On 16 September, the world marked the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. The European Space Agency (ESA) takes a closer look at this year’s ozone hole. The ozone layer in the atmosphere protects Earth from potentially harmful ultraviolet radiation. Ozone depletion is greatest at the South Pole.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

These gases can directly damage crop cells and indirectly affect them through their role as precursors to formation of ozone, an airborne toxin known to reduce crop yields, and particulate matter aerosols that can absorb and scatter sunlight away from crops. Nitrogen oxides, or NOx, are among the most widely emitted pollutants in the world.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Thrive Renewables' MD Matthew Clayton discusses why decarbonisation isn't just about developing shiny new technology, how 'alternative' climate careers have become conventional, and reflects on lessons learned from addressing Ozone depletion

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

It focuses on the following air pollutants: nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, ozone, ammonia, sulfur dioxide, black carbon, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and carbon monoxide. In contrast, ozone levels increased. This increase was a result of atmospheric chemical processes caused by reduced nitrogen oxide levels in the air.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2021

CFCs have a high chlorine content and have been linked strongly to ozone depletion and global warming. HCFCs were considered an improvement when they were first introduced, as they have lower chlorine and make a lesser contribution to ozone depletion and global warming. Green hydrogen.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2022

The study, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, used a purpose-built fumigation facility to regulate levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx) – present in diesel exhaust fumes – and ozone in an open field environment.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

Researchers reveal NO2 emission reductions during first lockdown were lower than previously thought, amidst warnings ozone levels actually increased. William Bloss, study co-author and professor of atmospheric studies, said the observed increase in ozone would offset some of the benefits generated by the decline in nitrous oxide. "[An

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Charged

OCTOBER 13, 2023

San Bernardino and Riverside counties recently ranked number one and two in the nation for the worst ozone pollution. “We It’s a primary hub for fleet operations, and—not surprisingly—has some of the worst air pollution in the US.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

These work by sensing a change in resistance in the air, and have separate sensing elements for oxidising gases (like NO2 and ozone) and reducing gases (CO, VOCs, and OH-group gases). Ozone and NOx seem to present the greatest danger to human health, suggests Kiirsk.

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Eco-Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

By continuing to approve new coal power plants and polluting factories, China’s local governments are courting future environmental and economic problems.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 29, 2022

We do know that some of the chemicals replacing the older ozone-depleting substances like CFCs and HCFCs, such as the hydrofluoroethers, are produced globally in high quantities as refrigerants but can breakdown in the atmosphere to form PFBA.

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Sustainability Consulting

JUNE 30, 2021

When people are asked to explain climate change, many think it has something to do with the hole in the ozone layer. Marshall says, “More than four in 10 Americans think the ozone hole actually causes global warming. And so many of them remember and understand so much about ozone depletion. Why is that?

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The team also investigated the responses of receiver plants under elevated ozone conditions, which represents the situation in more polluted regions. In addition, receiver plants had altered resin duct traits, and were subject to reduced amounts of damage by pine weevils.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The annual Meeting of Parties to the Montreal Protocol – the treaty that saved the ozone layer and is now protecting the climate – wrapped up last week with a heavy dose of cake and elbow grease (but not at the same table!).Read Read More

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Health costs incurred as a result of air pollution are collectively higher in London than any other city in Europe, according to study that quantifies how much money European city dwellers spend due to particulate matter, NO2, and ozone.

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