How the detergent of the atmosphere is regenerated
Sunday, October 6, 2013 - 12:00
in Earth & Climate
It sounds unlikely: a washing machine recycles used detergent in order to use it again for the next load of dirty washing. But this is just what happens during the degradation of pollutants in the atmosphere. German scientists have now been able to demonstrate this for the first time for isoprene, the most important natural hydrocarbon. The new findings have now been published in the scientific journal Nature Geoscience.