By Mongabay.com Ozone as a layer several kilometers up in the atmosphere protects living beings, including humans, from ...

(Approximate contribution to global warming: 15%; Hansen & Sato 2001). Tropospheric ozone, as opposed to stratospheric ozone (i.e., the “ozone layer”), is a secondary pollutant. One of the ...

Cutting superpollutants like methane offers a fast way to slow warming and boost public health, but climate plans have only ...

In this bizarre phenomenon called the “tropopause fold”, ozone from the stratosphere is brought down to the ground. The stratosphere typically sits above the troposphere, and they touch ...

Indeed, according to the European Commission (EC), methane has a “significant effect on the climate and contributes to tropospheric ozone formation, a potent local air pollutant which itself causes ...

Now new research indicates they are battling rising levels of another life-threatening pollutant—surface ozone. "Surface ozone is a toxic gas that not only affects public health but also impacts ...