Atmospheric Science
How Do Clouds Condensate?: New Insights into Ice Nucleation
How can we accurately determine when and how clouds will form? And what about weather models you see on TV?…
Tag: atmospheric chemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry Atmospheric Science Chemistry Human Health
CRASH!: A Chemical Study of Sea Spray from Breaking Ocean Waves
With every wave that crashes on the beach, little particles known as sea spray fly up into the air. Because…
Atmospheric Chemistry Atmospheric Science Chemistry Human impacts Pollution
Smog can be a Bog: A Story about Iron in the Air and Ocean
Have you ever wondered where smog goes? A group of scientists investigated where particles of iron start and end up,…
Atmospheric Chemistry Chemistry Climate Change Ocean Acidification thermodynamics
Does history repeat itself?: Investigating the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Everyone knows that Earth's climate changes. With the rapid increases in human-influenced global warming and ocean acidification, we need to…
Climate Change
More than cow burps: the many sources of methane
Methane is an important, and often forgotten, greenhouse gas. It comes from a variety of sources including wetlands, rice paddies,…
Chemistry
Emissions from International Shipping Vessels Contribute to Ocean Acidification
Ship emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides (SOx, NOx) can be deposited and form sulfuric and nitric acid in surface…
Chemistry
Model Suggests 40% of Global Dioxin Emissions End Up in Oceans
Researchers at the University of British Columbia recently presented a global model simulating how dioxins, a group of very toxic,…