Ozone affects plant, insect, and soil microbial communities: A threat to terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity

E Agathokleous, Z Feng, E Oksanen, P Sicard… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Elevated tropospheric ozone concentrations induce adverse effects in plants. We reviewed
how ozone affects (i) the composition and diversity of plant communities by affecting key …

Ground-level O3 pollution and its impacts on food crops in China: a review

Z Feng, E Hu, X Wang, L Jiang, X Liu - Environmental Pollution, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Ground-level ozone (O 3) pollution has become one of the top environmental
issues in China, especially in those economically vibrant and densely populated regions. In …

Ozone pollution threatens the production of major staple crops in East Asia

Z Feng, Y Xu, K Kobayashi, L Dai, T Zhang… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
East Asia is a hotspot of surface ozone (O3) pollution, which hinders crop growth and
reduces yields. Here, we assess the relative yield loss in rice, wheat and maize due to O3 by …

Severe surface ozone pollution in China: a global perspective

X Lu, J Hong, L Zhang, OR Cooper… - … & Technology Letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
The nationwide extent of surface ozone pollution in China and its comparison to the global
ozone distribution have not been recognized because of the scarcity of Chinese monitoring …

[HTML][HTML] Economic losses due to ozone impacts on human health, forest productivity and crop yield across China

Z Feng, A De Marco, A Anav, M Gualtieri, P Sicard… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
China's economic growth has significantly increased emissions of tropospheric ozone (O 3)
precursors, resulting in increased regional O 3 pollution. We analyzed data from> 1400 …

Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Present-day tropospheric ozone distribution and trends relevant to vegetation

G Mills, H Pleijel, CS Malley, B Sinha, OR Cooper… - Elem Sci …, 2018 - online.ucpress.edu
This Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR) on the current state of knowledge of
ozone metrics of relevance to vegetation (TOAR-Vegetation) reports on present-day global …

Air pollutant emissions from global food systems are responsible for environmental impacts, crop losses and mortality

M Crippa, E Solazzo, D Guizzardi, R Van Dingenen… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
Food systems are important contributors to global emissions of air pollutants. Here, building
on the EDGAR-FOOD database of greenhouse gas emissions, we estimate major air …

Tropospheric ozone and its precursors from the urban to the global scale from air quality to short-lived climate forcer

PS Monks, AT Archibald, A Colette… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Ozone holds a certain fascination in atmospheric science. It is ubiquitous in the atmosphere,
central to tropospheric oxidation chemistry, yet harmful to human and ecosystem health as …

Air quality co-benefits for human health and agriculture counterbalance costs to meet Paris Agreement pledges

T Vandyck, K Keramidas, A Kitous, JV Spadaro… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Local air quality co-benefits can provide complementary support for ambitious climate action
and can enable progress on related Sustainable Development Goals. Here we show that the …

Ozone effects on crops and consideration in crop models

LD Emberson, H Pleijel, EA Ainsworth… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
We review current knowledge of the processes by which ozone will cause injury and
damage to crop plants. We do this both through an understanding of the limitations to ozone …