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Pollution-Demonstrating Gardens

These Ozone Sensitive Plants Visibly React to Air Quality

— July 24, 2014 — Eco
A team from the National Center for Atmospheric Research made an ozone garden full of sensitive plants that react visibly to air pollution. These sensitive plants don't die, but their leaves get evenly spaced black spots before falling off when ozone in the air gets exposed to sunlight. This visual reaction is an indication of the quality of air in the area.

These sensitive plants include cutleaf cornflowers, milkweed, potatoes and snap bean. This reaction does take some time, depending on how long the ozone is in the air for and how long the plants have been exposed. While ozone in the air doesn't typically affect humans directly, it can result in reduced crop yields and slower tree growth in some parts.
Trend Themes
1. Ozone-sensitive Plants - Opportunity to develop new types of ozone-sensitive plants that react visibly to air pollution, providing real-time indicators of air quality.
2. Visual Air Quality Indicators - Opportunity to create innovative products or technologies that use visible reactions in plants to indicate the quality of air in a specific area.
3. Environmental Monitoring Tools - Opportunity to develop cutting-edge environmental monitoring tools that utilize plant reactions to ozone to provide accurate and real-time air quality data.
Industry Implications
1. Agriculture - Disruptive innovation opportunities in the agriculture industry to develop new types of crops or plants that can visually indicate the quality of air and help farmers mitigate potential damage caused by ozone exposure.
2. Environmental Technology - Disruptive innovation opportunities in the environmental technology industry to create advanced monitoring devices or systems that incorporate plant reactions to ozone as a way to assess and improve air quality.
3. Public Health - Disruptive innovation opportunities in the public health sector to leverage plant reactions to ozone as a means of monitoring and managing air pollution levels, leading to improved public health outcomes.
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