OPAL Air Centre
Welcome to the OPAL Air Centre Research Facility
Air pollution is an issue of global importance and understanding its impacts on the natural environment is one of the biggest challenges facing biologists at the current time. The OPAL Air Centre at Imperial’s Silwood Park campus houses an experimental open top chamber facility for the controlled exposure of plants to air pollutants, particularly ozone. Research activities will focus on understanding the impacts of pollution on individual plants, plant communities and important ecological functions.
Through a series of open days and summer schools we will provide the opportunity for targeted groups of the public to learn about, participate in and develop a detailed understanding of the role of air pollution in shaping the natural environment.
