aerosols

How Clouds Can Become Brighter and Fight Global Warming: New Study Details

Did you know that brighter clouds can significantly reduce the amount of solar radiation reaching our planet’s surface? A new study offers more details about that, revealing what emissions of organic compounds from vegetation can do. Here is what you…

September 27, 2021 ·by Georgia Nica· 0

Droplets Loaded With Coronaviruses Disappear Slower Than Previously Thought

The SARS-CoV-2 virus can get into our bodies in plenty of ways. The “preferred method” is through respiratory droplets, including aerosols. When an infected individual coughs, sneezes, speaks, or even breathes, he or she releases those droplets. SciTechDaily.com writes that…

September 20, 2021 ·by Cristian Antonescu· 0

Aerosols Have an Unexpected Effect in the Tropical Pacific Ocean, New Study Says

New research found that aerosols in the atmosphere might be keeping low temporarily ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific. How’s that possible? But such a discovery is clear evidence that the surprisingly modest warming reported in the tropical Pacific…

July 30, 2021 ·by Georgia Nica· 0

How Pollution Changes the Variations in Sunlight

The sunlight reaching the Earth’s surface is certainly our greatest ally, but even so, scientists didn’t hesitate to study its way of manifesting. As the amount of sunlight we’re receiving has been fluctuating for several decades, some answers were demanded.…

February 21, 2021 ·by Anna Daniels· 0

Aerosols – Big Threat For our Safety During Coronavirus Pandemic

It is lately believed that coronavirus is airborne, which means that it can be carried through the air in a viable form. For the coronavirus specifically, the virus can not travel long distances. Still, it can traverse the length of…

July 12, 2020 ·by Katherine Baldwin· 0