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Illustration showing ozone damage to a leaf. On the left, a healthy bright green leaf is surrounded by several ozone (O₃) symbols, with orange arrows pointing toward the leaf. A large orange arrow points from the green leaf to a second leaf on the right that is brown and discolored, indicating deterioration or injury. The image visually represents exposure to ozone causing leaf damage and browning. The background is a blue gradient.

Vanderbilt Researchers Find Ozone Influences Growing Season

Jun. 21, 2026—Lin Meng’s few short years at Vanderbilt have been productive in advancing understanding of the factors that influence the changing growing seasons of plants. Meng is an assistant professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Vanderbilt. She posits that the most widely assumed external factor influencing the growing season of plants is global warming driven...

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