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Ozone pollution from fires negatively impacts forest productivity ...
Dec 21, 2018 ... ... aerosols such as fine particulate matter (PM2.5). A new ... While ozone is phytotoxic and reduces plant photosynthesis, aerosols can promote ...
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Smoke from wildfires can create a cooling effect in clouds - Earth.com
Mar 7, 2018 ... Aerosols in the smoke travel westward and mix with low lying clouds over the southeast Atlantic Ocean. The aerosols, according to the ...
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Wildfire smoke creates conditions that favor more fires - Earth.com
Jun 19, 2024 ... Some, like sulfate aerosols from fossil fuels, act as a shield, reflecting sunlight and cooling the environment. However, recent research ...
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Scientists: Tropical cyclones will become stronger as temperatures ...
Aug 31, 2016 ... Using model simulations, they provide new calculations of the cancelling effects of aerosols and greenhouse gases on tropical cyclones worldwide ...
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Smallest pollution particles affect rainfall in the Amazon - Earth.com
Feb 5, 2022 ... ... aerosols of less than 10 nanometers emitted by factories, power plants, or vehicle exhaust form a pollution plume over Manaus that is blown ...
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NASA study finds a link between man-made fires and drought ...
Jan 11, 2017 ... Aerosols don't fit the bill. It's the first study of its kind in the Sahel region. The research team used satellite data collected between 2001 ...
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Reducing air pollution could greatly boost carbon sequestration ...
Nov 21, 2023 ... ... aerosol pollution in Europe. The results showed that plants ... “However, this can be diminished by poor air quality caused by aerosols ...
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Tiny air particles play an outsized role in climate change - Earth.com
Nov 15, 2023 ... Aerosols, once airborne, become pivotal in cloud formation. Water molecules adhere to these particles, creating a condensation nucleus. This ...
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Scientists want to shower Earth with diamond dust to cool it down ...
Oct 21, 2024 ... Injecting aerosols into the atmosphere. The scientific community seems to favor one particular strategy for this active cooling approach ...
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Study: Oil sands operations a major source of air pollution - Earth.com
Aug 31, 2016 ... ... aerosols (SOA). The results are published in the May 25 edition of the journal Nature. “The magnitude of the SOA is significantly larger ...
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