News tagged with sea salt aerosols
Salt block unexpectedly stretches in new experiments
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 24, 2009 |
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To stretch a supply of salt generally means using it sparingly.
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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Dust deposited in oceans may carry elements toxic to marine algae
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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 ...
Jordan and Israel consider Red Sea canal
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Israel and Jordan are revisiting a plan to divert water from the Red Sea into the ailing Dead Sea.
Is the Dead Sea dying?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 04, 2009 |
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The water levels in the Dead Sea - the deepest point on Earth - are dropping at an alarming rate with serious environmental consequences, according to Shahrazad Abu Ghazleh and colleagues from the University ...
Has northern-hemisphere pollution affected Australian rainfall?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2009 |
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New research announced at the International Water in a Changing Climate Science Conference in Melbourne 24-28 August, implicates pollution from Asia, Europe and North America as a contributor to recent Australian rainfall ...
Climate change may spell demise of key salt marsh constituent
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Global warming may exact a toll on salt marshes in New England, but new research shows that one key constituent of marshes may be especially endangered.
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 ...
North Carolina Sea Levels Rising Three Times Faster Than in Previous 500 Years, Study Says
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 28, 2009 |
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PHILADELPHIA -- An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise, at least in North Carolina, is accelerating. Researchers found 20th-century sea-level ...
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