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Ozone levels in EU-27 between 2005 and 2021, representing the ozone annual mean (left), and the fourth highest daily peak (4MDA8 right)
Representing the ozone annual mean (left), and the fourth highest daily peak (4MDA8, right). ...
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Estimation of exposure to peak ozone in Europe in 2015 and for two scenarios in 2050: CLE (current legislation) and MFR (maximum feasible reductions)
This chart shows the estimation of ozone exposure for 2015 and two 2050 scenarios assessed with the EMEP model in the framework of the revision of the Gothenburg Protocol. ... Population weighted average peak season MDA8 arising from NO x , CO, and NMVOC emission changes within the EMEP region (European countries of the UNECE region, dark blue for the CLE scenario and violet ... The dashed horizontal lines denote guideline and interim ozone peak season WHO target values, respectively. Note that the y-axis starts at 50 µg m −3 . ...
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ETC HE Report 2024/4: Air quality maps of EEA member and cooperating countries for 2022. PM10, PM2.5, O3, NO2, NOx and BaP spatial estimates and their uncertainties.
(93.2 percentile of maximum daily 8-hour means, peak season average of maximum daily 8-hour means, SOMO35, SOMO10), NO2 (annual average) and benzo(a)pyrene (annual average), and vegetation related ozone ... The report contains also maps of Phytotoxic ozone dose (PODY) for selected crops (wheat, potato and tomato) and trees (spruce and beech) and NOx annual average map for the same year 2022. ... The ozone map of peak season average of maximum daily 8-hour means is presented for the first time. The trends in exposure estimates in the period 2005–2022 are summarized. ...
Atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations
This is close to the upper limit of the peak level that the IPCC states peak level 'should not be exceeded if — with a 67% likelihood and not allowing a temperature overshoot — the global temperature increase ... When allowing for an overshoot, the peak level could be exceeded before 2028. The peak concentrations corresponding to a temperature increase of 2 o C by 2100 could be exceeded before 2032. ...
Peak flow control structures
Engineered ponds in peatlands that have been ditched to enhance forest production have the potential to retain water in the landscape and trap sediment without adversely affecting tree growth. Such measures have the potential to limit hydrograph peak…
New Observatory health page on impacts of ground-level ozone and ozone forecast viewer
Ground-level ozone affects human health by impairing respiratory and cardiovascular function, which leads to more hospital admissions, school and work absences, medication use, and even premature mortality ... Ongoing and future changes in the climate are expected to affect the year-to-year variability in ozone concentrations and its peak values in different ways. ... The 4-day ground-level ozone forecast viewer from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) is also accessible from the Observatory. ...
Estimated mineral fertiliser consumption by agriculture in the EU (Indicator)
Key message: In 2022, there was a 10.3% year-on-year reduction in fertiliser consumption and a cumulative decline of 15.9% from the relative peak in 2017. ...
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Table 1. Country population data and estimated attributable deaths from air pollution, 2022
- Peak season is the average of the daily maximum 8-hour mean concentration in the six consecutive months with the highest six-month running-average concentration (WHO, 2021). - "Annual mean" and "Peak ...
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ETC HE Report 2024/16: European surface ozone: the potential of mitigating methane and other precursors
Whereas the processes underlying surface ozone air pollution episodes are relatively well known, the interplay of anthropogenic and biogenic sources related to both short- and long-lived precursors presents ... We provide a short synthesis of the recent evidence in relation to (i) ozone formation processes, (ii) trends of ozone in the last few decades, (iii) significance of methane as an ozone precursor, (iv) ... the impact of climate change on future ozone. ...
Observed trends in total greenhouse gas concentration levels between 1860 and 2022, considering all greenhouse gases and other forcing agents (including aerosols)
Plus two peak concentrations that correspond to a 67% probability of limiting the increase in global mean temperature to 1.5°C and 2.0°C. ...