How do aerosols affect cloudiness and climate?

FM Bréon - Science, 2006 - science.org
623 its own periodic effect.(It is a testament to the care of Delaunay, Hill, and Brown that only
a handful of modest errors have been discovered in this work by means of modern computer …

Pollutant transfer in upland regions by occult precipitation

GJ Dollard, MH Unsworth, MJ Harve - Nature, 1983 - nature.com
Pathways for the transfer of pollutants from the atmosphere to vegetation by gaseous
absorption (dry deposition) and in rain (wet deposition) have been studied extensively. Here …

Ion separation in bursting air bubbles: an explanation for the irregular ion ratios in atmospheric precipitations

MR Bloch, D Kaplan, V Kertes, J Schnerb - Nature, 1966 - nature.com
IT is well known that a considerable part of the soluble salts present in soil, lakes and rivers
is derived from rainwater1. There is little doubt that the salt content in the rainwater comes …

A mechanism for halogen release from sea-salt aerosol in the remote marine boundary layer

R Vogt, PJ Crutzen, R Sander - Nature, 1996 - nature.com
RECENT measurements of inorganic chlorine gases1 and hydrocarbons2 indicate the
presence of reactive chlorine in the remote marine boundary layer; reactions involving …

Aerosols from overseas rival domestic emissions over North America

H Yu, LA Remer, M Chin, H Bian, Q Tan, T Yuan… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Many types of aerosols have lifetimes long enough for their transcontinental transport,
making them potentially important contributors to air quality and climate change in remote …

Air density 2.7 billion years ago limited to less than twice modern levels by fossil raindrop imprints

SM Som, DC Catling, JP Harnmeijer, PM Polivka… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Abstract According to the 'Faint Young Sun'paradox, during the late Archaean eon a Sun
approximately 20% dimmer warmed the early Earth such that it had liquid water and a …

Sources of particulate-matter air pollution and its oxidative potential in Europe

KR Daellenbach, G Uzu, J Jiang, LE Cassagnes… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Particulate matter is a component of ambient air pollution that has been linked to millions of
annual premature deaths globally,–. Assessments of the chronic and acute effects of …

Acceleration of rain initiation by cloud turbulence

G Falkovich, A Fouxon, MG Stepanov - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
Vapour condensation in cloud cores produces small droplets that are close to one another in
size. Droplets are believed to grow to raindrop size by coalescence due to collision,. Air …

Meteoric smoke fallout over the Holocene epoch revealed by iridium and platinum in Greenland ice

P Gabrielli, C Barbante, JMC Plane, A Varga, S Hong… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
An iridium anomaly at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary layer has been attributed to an
extraterrestrial body that struck the Earth some 65 million years ago. It has been suggested …

Influence of transition metal complexes on atmospheric droplet acidity

TE Graedel, CJ Weschler, ML Mandich - Nature, 1985 - nature.com
Transition metals are common constituents of cloud droplets, raindrops and other
atmospheric droplets1–5 (see Table 1). To evaluate the relative importance of pathways …