Human-caused emissions create new cloud-forming particles
Human activity is changing atmospheric chemistry—even in remote places—that could alter how and when clouds form.
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Dec 20, 2022
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News tagged with ammonium nitrate
Stress protection and drought recovery in cool-season turfgrass
Drought stress can interrupt the metabolic and physiological processes of plants, including nitrogen and amino acid metabolism. Researchers in the Department of Plant Biology at Rutgers University took a closer look at the ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 17, 2022
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Vehicle exhaust emission and ammonia slip are the main sources of atmospheric ammonia and ammonium in North China cities
The haze pollution that frequently occurred in winter in cities of North China has aroused widespread concern. Since the implementation of Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan in 2013, the atmospheric concentration ...
Environment
Nov 14, 2022
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Air pollution may increase freezing rain in northern hemisphere
Freezing rain is a typical weather disaster in winter and early spring over many regions of the world, even tropical areas. It develops as supercooled water (below 0 °C) in the air and freezes immediately after depositing ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 8, 2022
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A wild strawberry aroma for foods—from a fungus growing on fruit waste
The wild strawberry is even more highly prized than its store-bought cousin because of its intense aroma and uniquely sweet taste. However, they're hard to find in the wild, so some companies make synthetic versions of this ...
Other
Nov 17, 2021
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Keeping more ammonium in soil could decrease pollution, boost crops
Modern-day agriculture faces two major dilemmas: how to produce enough food to feed the growing human population and how to minimize environmental damage associated with intensive agriculture. Keeping more nitrogen in soil ...
Environment
May 27, 2021
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The blast that shook the ionosphere
Just after 6 p.m. local time (15.00 UTC) on August 4, 2020, more than 2,750 tons worth of unsafely stored ammonium nitrate exploded in Lebanon's port city of Beirut, killing around 200 people, making more than 300,000 temporarily ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2021
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What is ammonium nitrate, the chemical that exploded in Beirut?
The Lebanese capital Beirut was rocked on Tuesday evening local time by an explosion that has killed at least 78 people and injured thousands more.
Other
Aug 5, 2020
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Reducing sulfur dioxide emissions alone cannot substantially decrease air pollution
High loadings of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) during haze are mostly produced from the chemical reactions of reactive gas precursors, including sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3), and volatile organic ...
Environment
Apr 13, 2020
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The discovery of a more effective method to estimate polluting emissions from nitrogen fertilizers
Agriculture contributes to 70% of total emissions by humans of nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent polluting gas and the one to blame for the hole in the ozone layer. The root of this issue is in the widespread use of chemical ...
Environment
Jul 11, 2019
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