During the past few years, considerable progress has been made in understanding how
plants protect themselves against oxidative stress. Genes encoding plant antioxidant …

Photooxidants have been recognized since the 1950s as gaseous agents that are
potentially harmful to plants (Lefohn 1992). Early observations in the Los Angeles area had …

The discovery of causal relationships from purely observational data is a fundamental
problem in science. The most elementary form of such a causal discovery problem is to …

With increased growth potential on the one hand, but on the other hand a high percentage of
trees exhibiting visible damages and the apparent regional decline in Common beech …

Localized cell death is a common feature of ozone phytotoxicity and is generally thought to
be initiated by the strong oxidant ozone itself as well as by ozone‐derived reactive oxygen …

Tropospheric ozone (O3) levels are predicted to stay high, being a factor within “global
change” with potential effects on the carbon sink strength of forest trees. Hence, new …

Forests in Europe face significant changes in climate, which in interaction with air quality
changes, may significantly affect forest productivity, stand composition and carbon …

Ground-level ozone (O3) has gained awareness as an agent of climate change. In this
respect, key results are comprehended from a unique 8-year free-air O3-fumigation …

Chronic long-term exposure to near-ambient concentrations of ozone could contribute to
forest decline in several regions of the world, in combination with other biotic and abiotic …

Background Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heatwaves. Prior
studies associate high temperature with preterm birth. Objectives We tested the hypotheses …