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August 27, 2014

Tropospheric ozone: Summers of smog

Local weather forecast warnings about unhealthy air could become much more common around the country. A recent scientific study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research warns of a whopping 70 percent increase in the number of days with unhealthy summertime ozone levels by the year 2050.

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