The impact of climate change and emissions control on future ozone levels: Implications for human health.

ABSTRACT: Overwhelming evidence has shown that, from the Industrial Revolution to the present, human activities influence ground-level ozone (O₃) concentrations. Past studies demonstrate links between O₃ exposure and health. However, knowledge gaps remain in our understanding concerning the impacts of climate change mitigation policies on O₃ concentrations and health. Using a hybrid downscaling approach, we evaluated the separate impact of climate change and emission control policies on O₃ levels and associated excess mortality in the US in the 2050s under two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs). We show that, by the 2050s, under RCP4.5, increased O₃ levels due to combined climate change and emission control policies, could contribute t

SUBMITTER: Stowell JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8166453 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature