Study finds cleaner air leads to more Atlantic hurricanes
Cleaner air in United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanes, a new U.S. government study found.
Cleaner air in United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanes, a new U.S. government study found.
Earth Sciences
May 11, 2022
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We have known for a longtime now that the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2 is a mostly airborne disease. Ventilation of indoor spaces is therefore one of the most useful ways in which we can keep people safe. Research in the International ...
Soft Matter
May 5, 2022
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Increasingly large and intense wildfires in the Pacific Northwest are altering the seasonal pattern of air pollution and causing a spike in unhealthy pollutants in August, new research finds. The smoke is undermining clean ...
Environment
Apr 19, 2022
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Aerosols in the atmosphere react to incident sunlight. This light is amplified in the interior of the aerosol droplets and particles, accelerating reactions. ETH researchers have now been able to demonstrate and quantify ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 14, 2022
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Organic aerosols—such as those released in cooking—may stay in the atmosphere for several days, because of nanostructures formed by fatty acids as they are released into the air.
Earth Sciences
Apr 14, 2022
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Sea spray aerosols (SSAs) produced via bubble burst on the interface of atmosphere and ocean, are an important component in the Earth's climate system and constitute a major source of uncertainty in predicting future climate.
Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2022
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The Arctic is rapidly losing sea ice, and less ice means more open water, and more open water means more gas and aerosol emissions from the ocean into the air, warming the atmosphere and making it cloudier.
Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2022
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Aerosols carried in wildfire smoke plumes that are hundreds of hours old can still affect climate, according to a study out of the University of California, Davis.
Environment
Mar 23, 2022
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A new study used artificial intelligence to analyze 10 years of weather data collected over southeastern Texas to identify three major categories of weather patterns and the continuum of conditions between them. The study, ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2022
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While the popular Netflix movie "Don't Look Up" has raised public consciousness to the potential catastrophic effects of asteroid impact to planet Earth, new research sheds light on how the Chicxulub impact 66 million years ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2022
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