Is Ozone Smog and Global Warming Related?
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia A recent study is linking ozone smog with global warming. According to the article “Smog to Accelerate Global Warming” which I found on Physorg.com, lead researcher Stephen Sitch of the Hadley Centre in Great Britain states that ozone smog will accelerate global warming by damaging carbon emission absorbing plants and trees. Ground-level Ozone, which is a man-made pollutant made up of fossil fuel gases and sunlight has been recently found to have a negative effect on vegetation. On a side note….I keep reading stories about British Prime Minister Brown blaming the recent floods across southwestern England on climate change. I realize some of the flooding was the worst in 60 years, and that is no doubt a serious situation, but is he justified to quickly link the two?
