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DOE fielding aircraft-based study of aerosols generated by wildfires and agriculture burns in US
2013-07-08 20:30:16| Green Car Congress
Aerosols May Have Helped Suppress Hurricanes During 20th Century
2013-06-24 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Researchers wrote in the journal Nature Geoscience that aerosols could have played a role in helping to suppress the number of Atlantic hurricanes over the 20th Century. The scientists found that aerosols make clouds brighter, which causes them to reflect more energy back from the sun into space. This impacts ocean temperatures and tropical circulation patterns, making the conditions less favorable for hurricanes. "Industrial emissions from America and Europe over the 20th Century have cooled...
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Study finds mixed views on use of aerosols to limit climate change
2013-05-14 12:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PlanetEarth: People voiced concerns that this type of approach fails to address the basic problem of increasing greenhouse gas emissions. They are also nervous about any unintended consequences of such an action. But most significantly, they say that injecting aerosols into the Earth's atmosphere raises problems of international governance and control: who would ultimately be responsible? The findings are the result of the first UK public engagement study to explore the ethics and acceptability of so-called...
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Study finds climate-influencing cirrus clouds form around mineral dust and metallic aerosols; little evidence of black carbon
2013-05-10 11:30:31| Green Car Congress
Natural Aerosols May Help Slow Climate Change By Small Amounts, New Study Shows
2013-05-01 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: It's possible, suggests a new study, which finds that as climates warm around the world, plants may respond by releasing more aerosol particles into the atmosphere. The research, published online April 28 in the journal Nature Geoscience, finds that these natural aerosols can fuel cloud formation, which may help cool a warming climate. [The Reality of Climate Change: 10 Myths Busted] Aerosols are fine particles of solid or liquid matter, suspended in air. Most of the aerosol particles in Earth's...