News tagged with atmospheric aerosols
Sulfate lens enhances climate warming properties of atmospheric soot
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Jun 29, 2009 |
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Particulate pollution thought to be holding climate change in check by reflecting sunlight instead enhances warming when combined with airborne soot, a new study has found.
Dust deposited in oceans may carry elements toxic to marine algae
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Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dust blown off the continents and deposited in the open ocean is an important source of nutrients for marine phytoplankton, the tiny algae that are the foundation of the ocean food web. But ...
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Report calls aerosol research key to improving climate predictions
Jan 17, 2009 |
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Scientists need a more detailed understanding of how human-produced atmospheric particles, called aerosols, affect climate in order to produce better predictions of Earth's future climate, according to a NASA-led report issued ...
Aerosols -- their part in our rainfall
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Aerosols may have a greater impact on patterns of Australian rainfall and future climate change than previously thought, according to leading atmospheric scientist, CSIRO's Dr. Leon Rotstayn.
Atmospheric engineering scheme to combat global warming could diminish solar power
Apr 20, 2009 |
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A widely discussed "atmospheric engineering" scheme intended to combat global warming could have unanticipated consequences in reducing the effectiveness of certain kinds of solar power around the Earth, a new study has concluded. ...
Aerosols May Drive a Significant Portion of Arctic Warming
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Though greenhouse gases are invariably at the center of discussions about global climate change, new NASA research suggests that much of the atmospheric warming observed in the Arctic since ...
Human-generated aerosols affect our weather
Jan 22, 2008 |
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The rise of human-generated pollution in the global atmosphere is forcing a change in ocean circulation in the Southern Hemisphere, in turn affecting our region’s weather systems.
Seeing clearly despite the clouds
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 18, 2008 |
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Satellites taking atmospheric measurements might now be able to see blue skies as clearly as optimists do. Researchers have found a way to reduce cloud-induced glare when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy ...
Science paper examines role of aerosols in climate change
Sep 05, 2008 |
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A group of scientists affiliated with the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) have proposed a new framework to account more accurately for the effects of aerosols on precipitation in climate models. Their work ...
The insides of clouds may be the key to climate change
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Feb 17, 2007 |
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As climate change scientists develop ever more sophisticated climate models to project an expected path of temperature change, it is becoming increasingly important to include the effects of aerosols on clouds, according ...
Summer haze has a cooling effect in southeastern United States
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May 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Global warming may include some periods of local cooling, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Results from satellite and ground-based sensor data show that sweltering ...
Local sources major cause of US near-ground aerosol pollution
Nov 16, 2007 |
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A new NASA study estimates that most ground-level particulate pollution in the United States stems from regional sources in North America and only a small amount is brought to the country from other parts ...
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