Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone exposure are major public health problems in China. Although useful, atmospheric models used to analyze these and other air quality concerns over the years are expensive to run, limiting ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 24, 2022
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Projected growth in rocket launches for space tourism, moon landings, and perhaps travel to Mars has many dreaming of a new era of space exploration. But a NOAA study suggests that a significant boost in spaceflight activity ...
Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2022
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A new NASA climate simulation suggests that extremely large volcanic eruptions called "flood basalt eruptions" might significantly warm Earth's climate and devastate the ozone layer that shields life from the sun's ultraviolet ...
Earth Sciences
May 3, 2022
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New research has identified a lesser-known form of ozone playing a big role in heating the Southern Ocean—one of Earth's main cooling systems.
Environment
Apr 22, 2022
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With climate change, plastic pollution and a potential sixth mass extinction, humanity has made some incredible messes in the world.
Environment
Apr 21, 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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A research team led by Prof. Xie Pinhua from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), studied the ratio of HCHO and NO2 during a typical pollution episode in Hefei, a city in ...
Environment
Apr 12, 2022
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Ozone may be weakening one of the Earth's most important cooling mechanisms, making it a more significant greenhouse gas than previously thought, research has found.
Environment
Mar 31, 2022
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A new study shows that smoke from wildfires destroys the ozone layer. Researchers caution that if major fires become more frequent with a changing climate, more damaging ultraviolet radiation from the sun will reach the ground.
Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2022
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The Australian wildfires in 2019 and 2020 were historic for how far and fast they spread, and for how long and powerfully they burned. All told, the devastating "Black Summer" fires blazed across more than 43 million acres ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 28, 2022
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