“This study shows that our air quality, particularly ozone in the fall, is becoming more sensitive to the effects of climate change,” said Yuhang Wang, a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology

Professor says trifluoroacetic acid requires monitoring because of its pervasiveness and persistence

Recovery of the hole has varied from year to year, due in part to the effects of volcanic eruptions

While it is known that ozone hinders the growth of many kinds of plants, including crop vegetation, the extent to which ozone damaged natural systems was not well understood.

Researchers estimated lightning nitric oxide emissions based on NLDN observations