{
  "id": 3682873,
  "title": "Chinese scientists discover that trees are producing ozone smog in Beijing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/chinese-scientists-discover-that-trees-are-producing-ozone-smog-in-3682873",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-27T06:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3365417/chinese-scientists-discover-trees-are-producing-ozone-smog-beijing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Beijing’s 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 – but they may also be an unexpected source of pollution, according to new research. Scientists warned that this urban greenery may be “choking” the Chinese capital’s 20 million residents by increasing the levels of ozone in the city’s air.…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Chinese scientists discover that trees are producing ozone smog in Beijing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/chinese-scientists-discover-that-trees-are-producing-ozone-smog-in",
        "published": "2026-08-27T06:00:07.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}