{"id":156633,"date":"2026-08-27T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156633"},"modified":"2026-08-27T06:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:00:07","slug":"chinese-scientists-discover-that-trees-are-producing-ozone-smog-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156633","title":{"rendered":"Chinese scientists discover that trees are producing ozone smog in Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing\u2019s hundreds of thousands of weeping willows and poplars have been a welcome source of shelter from the fierce summer sun for more than four decades \u2013 but they may also be an unexpected source of pollution, according to new research.<br \/>\nScientists warned that this urban greenery may be \u201cchoking\u201d the Chinese capital\u2019s 20 million residents by increasing the levels of ozone in the city\u2019s air.<br \/>\nSmog caused by the ozone released by car exhausts has been recognised as a public health problem since&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3365417\/chinese-scientists-discover-trees-are-producing-ozone-smog-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing\u2019s hundreds of thousands of weeping willows and poplars have been a welcome source of shelter from the fierce summer sun for more than&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156633"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}