Sentences with phrase «ozone production rates»

Ozone production rates dropped by up to 50 percent in six years, Cohan and his colleagues found in a follow - up study (pdf).

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Similar negative effects occur with worsening air pollution — higher levels of ground - level ozone smog and other pollutants that increase with warmer temperatures have been directly linked with increased rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease — food production and safety — warmer temperatures and varying rainfall patterns mess up staple crop yields and aid the migration and breeding of pests that can devastate crops — flooding — as rising sea levels make coastal areas and densely - populated river deltas more susceptible to storm surges and flooding that result from severe weather — and wildfires, which can be ancillary to increased heat waves and are also responsible for poor air quality (not to mention burning people's homes and crops).

In the analysis, Dr. Hansen and his colleagues culled data and scientific papers on topics from rice production, which releases methane, to urban pollution, a source of ozone and sooty particles, to obtain detailed estimates of the rate of change in different greenhouse emissions.

The file contains Supplementary Text on the 2D Model, MLS ozone data analysis and Ozone production and destruction rozone data analysis and Ozone production and destruction rOzone production and destruction rates.

They calculated that if CFC production continued to increase at the going rate of 10 % / year until 1990, then remain steady, CFCs would cause a global 5 to 7 percent ozone loss by 1995 and 30 - 50 % loss by 2050.