Science news articles about 'tiny airborne particles'

... the first-ever direct detection of biological particles within ice clouds. The team, led by ... sources on climate," said Pratt. The effects of tiny airborne particles called aerosols on cloud formation ...

... glaciers. Now scientists are focusing on tiny airborne particles of black carbon released into the atmosphere ... devices able to analyze minute aerosol particles by mass, shape, chemical make-up, even ...

... and microscopic particles that influence the atmosphere in subtle and complex ways. For example, some tiny airborne particles from plants rise into clouds and seed them, providing a surface for water ...

... since 1976 may be due to changes in tiny airborne particles called aerosols. Emitted by natural ... Black carbon -- small, soot-like particles produced by industrial processes and the combustion of diesel ...