[Intro]
O…
(O three…)
Three little atoms
(Holdin’ the line)
One little molecule
(Changing the time)
[Verse 1]
Up in the atmosphere
(Hanging around)
Down near the ground
(Can’t make a sound)
Invisible molecule
(Three atoms strong)
Seems so little
(But something’s wrong)
[Refrain]
Oh, I see
(O three)
Prone
(To ozone)
Kills a tree
(Killing me)
Killing you, too
(What can we do?)
[Verse 2]
Sunlight strikes
(Chemistry starts)
Pollution pieces
(Playing their parts)
Photochemical reaction
(Up in the air)
Ground-level ozone
(Everywhere!)
[Refrain]
Oh, I see
(O three)
Prone
(To ozone)
No, it’s not free
(It’s costing me)
Costing you, too
(What can we do?)
O₃…
(O₃…)
Direct warming
(Indirect harm)
Plant damage
(Carbon alarm)
Coupling…
(Coupling…)
Feedback…
(Feedback…)
Ozone!
(Won’t leave us alone!)
Atmosphere!
(Ecosphere!)
Oh, I see
(O three)
Prone
(To ozone)
Kills a tree
(Killing me)
Killing you, too
(What can we do?)
O₃ isn’t alone…
(Ozone!)
… infiltrates your home
COUPLING!
Oh, I see
(O three)
Prone
(To ozone)
[Outro]
Killing me
(Killing us)
Dangerous
(Can’t break free)
Oh, I see
(O three)
Three
(Is the key)
(Ozone…)
… leave us alone
What can we do?
I’m asking you…
(O₃ = Direct Warming + Plant Damage + Carbon-Sink Weakening + Climate Feedback + Atmospheric Coupling)
About the Song
Ozone represents a rare intersection of climate, ecological, agricultural, and public-health science.
O₃ = Direct Warming + Plant Damage + Carbon-Sink Weakening + Climate Feedback + Atmospheric Coupling
Increasing tropospheric ozone contributes to climate-system acceleration through simultaneous direct radiative forcing and indirect ecological forcing, with ozone-induced vegetation stress reducing carbon uptake, altering land-surface energy and water exchange, increasing ecosystem vulnerability, and interacting with wildfire, drought, methane, lightning, and other climate feedbacks. These coupled interactions may amplify climate-system responses beyond the effect of ozone considered as an isolated atmospheric constituent.
Ozone: The Atmospheric-Ecological Climate Multiplier
From the album “Present Tense“