New particle formation in the atmosphere: From molecular clusters to global climate

SH Lee, H Gordon, H Yu, K Lehtipalo… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
New particle formation (NPF) represents the first step in the complex processes leading to
formation of cloud condensation nuclei. Newly formed nanoparticles affect human health, air …

Interactive relations between plants, the phyllosphere microbial community, and particulate matter pollution

M Mandal, S Das, A Roy, R Rakwal, OAH Jones… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Particulate matter (PM) pollution poses a significant risk to many ecosystems; as sessile
organisms, plants are at particular risk from PM pollution since they cannot move away from …

Substantial convection and precipitation enhancements by ultrafine aerosol particles

J Fan, D Rosenfeld, Y Zhang, SE Giangrande, Z Li… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Aerosol-cloud interactions remain the largest uncertainty in climate projections. Ultrafine
aerosol particles smaller than 50 nanometers (UAP< 50) can be abundant in the …

Urban pollution greatly enhances formation of natural aerosols over the Amazon rainforest

M Shrivastava, MO Andreae, P Artaxo… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
One of the least understood aspects in atmospheric chemistry is how urban emissions
influence the formation of natural organic aerosols, which affect Earth's energy budget. The …

Reducing Aerosol Forcing Uncertainty by Combining Models With Satellite and Within‐The‐Atmosphere Observations: A Three‐Way Street

RA Kahn, E Andrews, CA Brock, M Chin… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol forcing uncertainty represents the largest climate forcing uncertainty overall. Its
magnitude has remained virtually undiminished over the past 20 years despite considerable …

High concentration of ultrafine particles in the Amazon free troposphere produced by organic new particle formation

B Zhao, M Shrivastava, NM Donahue… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The large concentrations of ultrafine particles consistently observed at high altitudes over
the tropics represent one of the world's largest aerosol reservoirs, which may be providing a …

Carbon and beyond: The biogeochemistry of climate in a rapidly changing Amazon

K Covey, F Soper, S Pangala, A Bernardino… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Amazon Basin is at the center of an intensifying discourse about deforestation, land-
use, and global change. To date, climate research in the Basin has overwhelmingly focused …

Tropical and boreal forest atmosphere interactions: A review

P Artaxo, HC Hansson, MO Andreae… - Tellus. Series B …, 2022 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Tropical, temperate, and boreal forests are critical components of the climate system, and
the ecosystem services they provide are essential for our society (Bonan et al., 1992, Bonan …

Rapid growth of anthropogenic organic nanoparticles greatly alters cloud life cycle in the Amazon rainforest

RA Zaveri, J Wang, J Fan, Y Zhang, JE Shilling… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Aerosol-cloud interactions remain uncertain in assessing climate change. While
anthropogenic activities produce copious aerosol nanoparticles smaller than 10 …

African biomass burning affects aerosol cycling over the Amazon

BA Holanda, MA Franco, D Walter, P Artaxo… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Smoke from vegetation fires affects air quality, atmospheric cycling, and the climate in the
Amazon rain forest. A major unknown has remained the quantity of long-range transported …