Researchers are a step closer to understanding the relationship between the colour of soot particles and the effect of such atmospheric pollution on climate.
Earth Sciences
Feb 28, 2017
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Engines that burn diesel can spew a large amount of pollution containing soot particles. These particles have an impact on health and climate in some of the world's most sensitive regions. Researchers at Pacific Northwest ...
Environment
Sep 15, 2016
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Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories' Combustion Research Facility are developing the understanding necessary to build cleaner combustion technologies that will in turn reduce climate impact.
Environment
Aug 25, 2016
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High in the atmosphere, ice crystals are born in thin, wispy cirrus. Most of this ice birthing, what researchers call ice nucleation, is initiated on particles of soot, dust, compounds, or other droplets. Researchers at Pacific ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 29, 2016
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Sixty six million years ago, the dinosaurs suddenly disappeared, along with most of the species on the planet. The extinction occurred at precisely the same time that a giant asteroid struck the Earth. The fact that the two ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 15, 2016
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Small particles emitted into air during the burning of hydrocarbon fuels damage the human respiratory system and enhance the greenhouse effect. In their agglomerated form, these particles form soot that consists predominantly ...
Environment
Apr 5, 2016
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Dwindling monsoon rain is a big deal for millions in East Asia who rely on the storms for their yearly water supply. Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory uncovered some culprits most likely to have the largest ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2016
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Two heads are often better than one, and a fourth mode is better than three when it comes to models of complex atmospheric particles.
Earth Sciences
Mar 4, 2016
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Those airy, wispy cirrus clouds you're contemplating could be concealing a dirty secret. High in the atmosphere, these icy clouds can take on traveling soot, expelled from diesel trucks, ship boilers, forest fires, and fireplaces. ...
Environment
Feb 1, 2016
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Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, working at the Joint Global Change Research Institute in Maryland, assessed the options and challenges of reducing soot emissions-also known as black carbon-from diesel ...
Environment
Jan 14, 2016
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