News articles tagged with 'aerosol'
Insights from oil spill air pollution study have applications beyond Gulf
— 11 Mar 2011 16:13 | EnvironmentDuring a special airborne mission to study the air-quality impacts of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill last June, NOAA researchers discovered an important new mechanism by which air…
New study reveals aerosol plumes downwind of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
— 11 Mar 2011 15:52 | EnvironmentScientists from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science were part of a national research team to find two plumes of oil-based pollutants downwind…
If greenhouse gas emissions stopped now, Earth still would likely get warmer
— 16 Feb 2011 04:14 | EnvironmentWhile governments debate about potential policies that might curb the emission of greenhouse gases, new University of Washington research shows that the world is already committed to…
What impact would sun dimming have on Earth's weather?
— 25 Jan 2011 19:08 | EnvironmentSolar radiation management projects, also known as sun dimming, seek to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth to counteract the effects of climate change. Global dimming can…
NASA prepares to launch next Earth-observing satellite mission
— 21 Jan 2011 20:14 | EnvironmentNASA's newest Earth-observing research mission is nearing launch. The Glory mission will improve our understanding of how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect…
Aerosols transmit prions to mice, causing disease
— 14 Jan 2011 16:20 | HealthScientists at the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (FLI; Tuebingen) have challenged the notion that airborne prions are innocuous.…
Discovery could reveal secrets of ancient Martian and terrestrial atmospheres
— 9 Nov 2010 11:40 | AstronomyChemists at UC San Diego have uncovered a new chemical reaction on tiny particulates in the atmosphere that could allow scientists to gain a glimpse from ancient rocks of what the atmospheres…
The Amazon rainforest - a cloud factory
— 20 Sep 2010 11:59 | EnvironmentScientists demonstrate that atmospheric aerosols above the Amazon rainforest are mainly produced by biological sources and are able to draw conclusions about the mechanisms of this…
'Archeologists of the air' isolate pristine aerosol particles in the Amazon
— 17 Sep 2010 10:00 | EnvironmentEnvironmental engineers who might better be called 'archeologists of the air' have, for the first time, isolated aerosol particles in near pristine pre-industrial conditions…
Optimising climate change reduction
— 17 Sep 2010 09:53 | EnvironmentScientists at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology have taken a new approach on examining a proposal to fix the warming planet. So-called geoengineering ideas - large-scale…