Title: Monitoring Ground-Level Ozone From Space
Author: N/APublication date: August 30th 2011
Summary: This article talks about how the Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agricultural Research Service conducted a survey on the effects of ground-level ozone from using satellite monitors and ground monitors. This has showed that it has had an effect on crop yield, but the effect has lessened as we become more environmentally friendly. Satellite can track everything while the ground monitors are not in place everywhere, and can give us great insight on how the ground level ozone is effecting our crops. Even though we are refusing our use of harmful chemicals, it is still having an impact on soybean, peanut, cotton, rice, tomato and other crops. As the population grows, we will need more food, and the population growth will be more harmful to the ozone, which will yield less crops.
Opinion: I think that this information can be used to monitor and educate the effect of our ozone. If this data is used to educate people, people might stop using more pollutants because they are the ones that are suffering. In my life, I have learned of all the struggles that food shortages have caused, and this could cause those struggles. As more population grows and more pollution enters the ozone, food will be shortened. However, with this technology from satellites we could stop this future problem.
Questions:
1. How important do you think this information is and why?
2. Who do you think will be most effected by this and why?
3. How much do you think the growing populations of China and India will effect the ozone and why?
Sean Rich
http://www.mass.gov/dep/air/aq/aq_ozone.htm
ReplyDeleteThis link gives great insight into the topic of ozone. It talks about who It affects most, health risks, NAAQS standards for ozone, and its long term trends. This technology that lets us monitor it from space can provide beneficial on what ozone is. It can also help us understand it better and how to potentially stop it.