News tagged with atmospheric chemistry and physics
Earth's energy budget remained out of balance despite unusually low solar activity
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new NASA study underscores the fact that greenhouse gases generated by human activity -- not changes in solar activity -- are the primary force driving global warming.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Weather deserves medal for clean air during 2008 Olympics
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research suggests that China's impressive feat of cutting Beijing's pollution up to 50 percent for the 2008 Summer Olympics had some help from Mother Nature. Rain just at the beginning ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 28, 2011 |
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Study: Japan nuke radiation higher than estimated
A new report says the Fukushima nuclear disaster released twice as much of a dangerous radioactive substance into the atmosphere as Japanese authorities estimated, reaching 40 percent of the total from Chernobyl.
Oct 27, 2011 |
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How ammonia affects city's air
(PhysOrg.com) -- Motor vehicles and industry are primary producers of ammonia in Houston's atmosphere, and cars and trucks appear to boost their output during the winter, according to a new study by researchers at Rice University ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Brightening clouds: Atmospheric scientists evaluate a technique for reflecting more sunlight back to space
(PhysOrg.com) -- What happens when tiny seawater particles are intentionally injected into low clouds over the ocean? To answer this question, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the National ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Idling airplanes produce more harmful pollution than previously thought
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, have shown that the emissions produced by aircraft idling at the gate, or lining up for takeoff, contain tiny oil droplets, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 12, 2011 |
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Soot packs a punch on Tibetan Plateau's climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- In some cases, soot – the fine, black carbon silt that is released from stoves, cars and manufacturing plants – can pack more of a climatic punch than greenhouse gases, according ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Worldwide sulfur emissions rose between 2000-2005, after decade of decline
A new analysis of sulfur emissions appearing in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics shows that after declining for a decade, worldwide emissions rose again in 2000 due largely to international shippi ...
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Measurements of CO2 and CO in China's air indicate sharply improved combustion efficiency
A collaborative, six-year study of carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in Beijing and surrounding provinces suggests that combustion efficiency, a component of overall energy efficiency, is improving in the region.
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Black carbon a significant factor in melting of Himalayan glaciers
The fact that glaciers in the Himalayan mountains are thinning is not disputed. However, few researchers have attempted to rigorously examine and quantify the causes. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Hurricane Katrina: Phone home
Though New Orleans residents were told to evacuate days before the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, no one could have predicted the real extent of the devastation.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Geoengineering could complement mitigation to cool the climate
The first comprehensive assessment of the climate cooling potential of different geoengineering schemes has been carried out by researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2009 |
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