Many questions remain, but the big picture is clear: ozone is decimating vegetation at a rapidly accelerating pace. Empirical evidence abounds. All you need to do is go outside and look at the leaves of plants and trees to see for yourself the injured tissue. This decline is irreversible and if we don't reverse course, famine will be the inevitable result.
"Ozone is the third strongest greenhouse gas, directly contributing to global warming, and is the air pollutant considered to be the most damaging to plants. But more importantly, it has the potential to leave more carbon dioxide, ranked as the first strongest greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere by decreasing carbon assimilation in trees. Ozone pollution occurs when nitrogen oxides have a photochemical reaction with volatile organic compounds."
"“This research quantifies the mean response of trees to ozone pollution measured in terms of total tree biomass, and all component parts such as leaf, root and shoot, lost due to ozone pollution,” said Dr. Victoria Wittig, lead author of the study. “Looking at how ozone pollution affects trees is important because of the indirect impact on carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere which will further enhance global warming, in addition to ozone’s already potent direct impact.”
from http://www.sciencedaily.com/...
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