ETH Zurich researchers conducted an experiment to investigate the initial steps in the formation of aerosols. Their findings are now aiding efforts to better understand and model that process—for example, the formation ...
General Physics
Jan 14, 2021
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Particles swirling around our atmosphere add to climate change, yet much about how they interact with sunlight and influence the seeding of clouds remains puzzling. Studies are lifting the lid on how these tiny particles ...
Environment
Nov 30, 2020
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Bonfire Night celebrations contaminate our air with hugely elevated amounts of soot, scientists have found.
Environment
Nov 5, 2020
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As the ice in the clouds melts into droplets, they reflect more sunlight. But in the end there is no more ice left to melt.
Earth Sciences
Oct 27, 2020
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Chat with an atmospheric scientist for more than a few minutes, and it's likely they'll start advocating for a planetary name change. Planet Ocean-Cloud is much more fitting than Earth, they'll say, when so much of our planet's ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2020
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Nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War may have changed rainfall patterns thousands of miles from the detonation sites, new research has revealed.
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2020
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The relationship between aerosols (particulate matter) and their cooling effect on the Earth due to the formation of clouds is more than twice as strong as was previously thought. As the amounts of aerosols decrease, climate ...
Environment
Dec 3, 2019
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Emissions of greenhouse gases have a warming effect on the climate, whereas small airborne particles in the atmosphere, aerosols, act as a cooling mechanism. That is the received wisdom in any case. However, new research ...
Environment
Sep 25, 2019
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Fears that efforts to reduce air pollution could dramatically speed up the process of global warming have been allayed with the publication of a landmark new study.
Environment
Aug 2, 2019
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Planes flying over rain or snow can intensify the precipitation by as much as 10-fold, according to a new study.
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2019
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