The celestial phenomenon known as STEVE is likely caused by a combination of heating of charged particles in the atmosphere and energetic electrons like those that power the aurora, according to new research. In a new study, ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2019
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After arriving at McMurdo Station on the unforgiving continent of Antarctica, it still took Dr. Rhonda Stroud two days of safety training and a four-hour flight before she was finally where she needed to be: the bottom of ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2019
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A team of researchers including University of New Mexico economics professor Andrew Goodkind is addressing the deadly problem of particulate matter air pollution in the U.S. and how to best mitigate it.
Environment
Apr 9, 2019
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Pores in atmospheric particles allow water to condense, leading to the formation of ice crystals in humid but unsaturated air. This is a new way of thinking of ice crystal formation in clouds, particularly cirrus clouds.
Earth Sciences
Apr 1, 2019
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Five years ago, in March 2014, researchers spent three hours packed aboard a steamy Gulfstream-1 research aircraft as it zig-zagged between pristine air over the Amazon rainforest and polluted air nearby. It was like a trip ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 29, 2019
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Josh Moss is a Ph.D. student in the lab of Professor Jesse Kroll, where he studies atmospheric chemistry and examines the chemistry of gases and particles in the atmosphere that humans are releasing and their interactions ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2019
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In the atmosphere, individual soot particles emitted from human activities often encounter and combine with organic material, forming soot-containing particles. A research team led by scientists from the U.S. Department of ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 13, 2019
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An unknown influence is allowing giant dust particles to spread around the world and could be contributing to global warming, scientists have found.
Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2018
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According to a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, air pollution not only affects air quality, but it also changes the pathways along which new particles are formed in the atmosphere.
Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2018
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Tiny particles of sodium salt float in the air over the pristine Amazon basin. Why? The only explanation before now has been that winds blow marine particles hundreds of miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean. An international ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 20, 2018
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