Human impacts on the climate system include increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons and their substitutes, methane, nitrous oxide, etc.), air pollution, increasing
concentrations of airborne particles, and land alteration.
Not exact matches
The new study also found that snow takes up
airborne particulate matter and alters the
concentrations of different nanoparticles, the smallest
particles found in air pollution.
Snow takes up
airborne particulate matter and alters the
concentrations of different nanoparticles, the smallest
particles found in air pollution.
In one sentence: Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that when miniscule
particles of airborne dust, thought to be a perfect landing site for water vapor, are modified by pollution, they change cloud properties via ice crystal number
concentration and ice water content.
More than half
of India's population lives in areas where the average
concentration of small
airborne particles, known as PM 2.5, are much higher than considered safe, causing increased rates
of lung and heart disease.