News tagged with smog formation
Chemists discover ozone-boosting reaction
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Oil and gas production a major source of Dallas-Fort Worth smog
Feb 10, 2009 |
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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 ...
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Atmospheric measuring device for understanding smog formation
Nov 19, 2007 |
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new tool for quantitatively measuring elusive atmospheric chemicals that play a key role in the formation of photochemical smog. ...
Study: Dirty windows aid air pollution
May 14, 2007 |
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Canadian scientists have determined dirty windows located in metropolitan urban areas might be hidden contributors to air pollution.
Chemists find important contributor to smog
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that a chemical reaction in the atmosphere above major cities long assumed to be unimportant in urban air pollution is in fact a significant ...
Researchers examine impact of beetle kill on Rocky Mountain weather, air quality
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Sep 24, 2008 |
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Mountain pine beetles appear to be doing more than killing large swaths of forests in the Rocky Mountains. Scientists suspect they are also altering local weather patterns and air quality.
The light and dark of Venus
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Venus Express has revealed a planet of extraordinarily changeable and extremely large-scale weather. Bright hazes appear in a matter of days, reaching from the south pole to the low southern latitudes and ...
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.
New cause of osteoporosis: Mutation in a miroRNA
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Many biological processes are controlled by small molecules known as microRNAs, which work by suppressing the expression of specific sets of genes. Xiang-Hang Luo and colleagues, at Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South ...
Scientists to assess Beijing Olympics air pollution control efforts
Aug 08, 2008 |
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As the Summer Olympics in Beijing kicks off this week, the event is giving scientists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe how the atmosphere responds when a heavily populated region substantially curbs ...
Bone formation from embryonic stem cells
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Jojanneke Jukes of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has succeeded in growing bone tissue with the help of embryonic stem cells for the first time.
Invisible gases form most organic haze in urban, rural areas
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 09, 2007 |
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A new study involving the University of Colorado at Boulder shows that invisible, reactive gases hovering over Earth's surface, not direct emissions of particulates, form the bulk of organic haze in both urban ...
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