Ozone pollution damage crops across continents
Press release: February 3, 2012Man-made air pollution from Southeast Asia causes the loss of 6.7 million tonnes of wheat and about 11.6 million tonnes of rice globally each year, while pollutants from North America reduce wheat yields in Europe by 1.2 million tonnes each year, according to a new study.The study shows that ozone pollution causes millions of tonnes of crop losses not just in the regions where it’s emitted, but also across continents. On a global scale, pollution from Southeast Asia has the biggest impact.The research, led by the University of Leeds and co-authored by