Science news articles about 'tiny airborne particles'

  • Scientists search for answers from the carbon in the clouds

    ... 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 ...
  • Pine bark beetles affecting more than forests

    ... 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 ...
  • 65-million-year-old asteroid impact triggered a global hail of carbon beads

    ... Earth with such force that carbon deep in the Earth's crust liquefied, rocketed skyward, and formed tiny airborne beads that blanketed the planet, say scientists from the U.S., U.K., Italy, and New ...
  • Dirty air brings rain -- then again, maybe not

    ... by following the energy flow through the atmosphere and the ways it is influenced by aerosol (airborne) particles. This allows the development of more exact predictions of how air pollution affects ...
  • NASA's dirty secret: Moon dust

    ... to magnets. Tiny specks of metallic iron (Fe0) are embedded in each dust particle's glassy shell. ... including iron toxicity. Members of NASA's Lunar Airborne Dust Toxicity Advisory Group, Cooper, ...

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