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Salty sea spray affects lifetimes of clouds, researchers find
2015-12-23 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: All over the planet, every day, oceans send plumes of sea spray into the atmosphere. Beyond the poetry of crashing ocean waves, this salt- and carbon-rich spray has a dramatic effect on the formation and duration of clouds. Yes, clouds, which cover 60 percent of Earth's surface at any given time. In a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, online Dec. 21, Colorado State University's Paul DeMott, a senior research scientist in the Department of Atmospheric Science, says sea...
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