Not exact matches
Aerosols are solid or liquid
particles suspended in the atmosphere, consisting
of (in rough order
of abundance): sea salt, mineral dust, inorganic salts such as ammonium sulfate (which has natural as well as anthropogenic sources from e.g. coal burning), and carbonaceous
aerosol such as soot, plant emissions, and incompletely combusted fossil fuel.
Real Climate defines «
aerosols» as ``... solid or liquid
particles suspended in the atmosphere, consisting
of (in rough order
of abundance): sea salt, mineral dust, inorganic salts such as ammonium sulfate (which has natural as well as anthropogenic sources from e.g. coal burning), and carbonaceous
aerosol such as soot, plant emissions, and incompletely combusted fossil fuel.»
Studying the atmospheric
aerosol particles, which impact cloud formation and
particles, above a pristine forests, researchers discovered that when left alone the Amazon acts as its own «bioreactor»: clouds and precipitation are produced by the
abundance of plant materials.