Preview of "What Can Plants Tell Us About Air Pollution?"
Channel: NSF NCAR & UCAR Science Education
Date: 17/05/2019

This video offers a preview of NCAR Scientist Dr. Danica Lombardozzi's full Explorer Series talk "What Can Plants Tell Us About Air Pollution?" Ground-level ozone, a harmful air pollutant, is a problem in Colorado’s Front Range. Ground-level or “bad” ozone is toxic to plants and animals – including humans. This invisible pollutant causes lung irritation, harms forests, and reduces crop yields. Although this pollutant is imperceptible, its effect can cause visible damage on the leaves of certain plants. Dr. Lombardozzi planted gardens in Boulder that are specifically designed to show how ozone pollution damages plants.

Watch the full talk to learn more about the research the NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory is doing to understand our Earth.

Learn more at https://edec.ucar.edu/events/ozone-gardens.

To view the full talk, click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZYjCaFyl64