News tagged with smog formation

Exposure to nitrogen dioxide lowers in vitro fertilization success

(PhysOrg.com) -- Exposure to an increased level of air pollutants, especially nitrogen dioxide, has been associated with lower likelihoods of successful pregnancy among women undergoing in vitro fertilization, according to ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The smell of salt air, a mile high and 900 miles inland

The smell of sea salt in the air is a romanticized feature of life along a seacoast. Wind and waves kick up spray, and bits of sodium chloride - common table salt - can permeate the air.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Chemists discover ozone-boosting reaction

(PhysOrg.com) -- Burning of fossil fuels pumps chemicals into the air that react on surfaces such as buildings and roads to create photochemical smog-forming chlorine atoms, UC Irvine scientists report in ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Oil and gas production a major source of Dallas-Fort Worth smog

The first comprehensive analysis of air emissions associated with natural gas and oil production in the Barnett Shale area finds that emissions can be a significant contributor to Dallas-Fort Worth smog formation, comparable ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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NASA considers sending a telescope to outer solar system

Light pollution in our inner solar system, from both the nearby glow of the Sun and the hazy zodiacal glow from dust ground up in the asteroid belt, has long stymied cosmologists looking for a clearer take ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 30

Link between air pollution and cyclone intensity in Arabian Sea

Pollution is making Arabian Sea cyclones more intense, according to a study in this week's issue of the journal Nature.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

The observatory above the clouds

If you want to reach for the stars, you have to lift off. This could be the motto of Sofia, a jumbo jet which has been converted into an observatory. On board it carries a 2.7-metre telescope, which the researchers ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Britain issues first smog warning of the summer

The British government has urged people to avoid taking outdoor exercise in the afternoon over the Easter weekend because of the first "summer smog" of the year.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists theorize Titan shaped by weather, not ice volcanoes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Have the surface and belly of Saturn's smog-shrouded moon, Titan, recently simmered like a chilly, bubbling cauldron with ice volcanoes, or has this distant moon gone dead? In a newly published ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Wintertime air chemistry to be studied

NOAA scientists and their colleagues from Boulder, Colo., and across the country have gathered in Erie, Colo., for a month-long study of the chemistry of the wintertime atmosphere, which they hope will shed ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Field study of smoggy inversions to end

During the past two months, researchers launched weather balloons, drove instrument-laden cars and flew a glider to study winter inversions that often choke Salt Lake City in smog and trap dirty air in other ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Predicting world's smoggiest days with NASA technology

A research team led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), both in Pasadena, Calif., has fully characterized a key chemical reaction that affects the formation ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Titan's haze could hold ingredients for life

Simulating possible chemical processes in the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, a UA-led planetary research team found amino acids and nucleotide bases – the most important ingredients of life ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Zapping Titan-like atmosphere with UV rays creates life precursors

The first experimental evidence showing how atmospheric nitrogen can be incorporated into organic macromolecules is being reported by a University of Arizona team.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (17) | comments 13 | with audio podcast


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