Not exact matches
All
of these scientific hypotheses boil down to first there was an planetary mass covered with water and providing the correct conditions for chemical reactions to create a simple
organic compound from which life was
formed.
Harmful gaseous pollutants in the
form of volatile
organic compounds are often released into the air when chemicals are used, for example in cleaning products.
The acids
form when
organic, carbon - containing
compounds and water are zapped with a source
of energy, such as photons — a process that can take place on Earth or in space.
This liquid - like ice may enhance the formation
of organic compounds including prebiotic molecules and the accretion
of dust to
form planets.
In doing so, they were able to fill in significant gaps in the inventory
of organic compounds in the atmosphere, finding that about a third
of them were in the
form of previously unmeasured semi-volatile and intermediate - volatility
organic compounds (SVOCs and IVOCs).
Much
of this haze is
formed from volatile
organic compounds, or VOCs, and fine particulate matter from tailpipe emissions.
According to him, between 75 % and 80 %
of the mass
of nanoparticles measured in this study corresponds to
organic compounds (carbon in different
forms) emitted by motor vehicles.
Cyanobacteria, which still exist in a similar
form today, probably started using energy from sunlight to photosynthesize some
of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into
organic compounds.
Higher temperatures can also increase the emissions
of organic compounds from trees, which can then react in the atmosphere to
form ozone and particulate matter.
Polymeric carbon nitrides are
organic compounds synthesized to
form a yellow powder
of a myriad
of nanocrystals.
However, Sagan and Christopher Chyba believe
organic compounds,
formed at high altitudes by the action
of solar ultraviolet radiation on methane and ammonia can provide an ultraviolet «shield» to protect the methane and ammonia in the lower atmosphere.
These complex
organic molecules, two
forms of cyanide and one chemically related
compound, likely
formed after the protoplanetary disk collapsed, the researchers say.
Complex
organic compounds and things that look a lot like bacterial shapes
form readily, without the hand
of biology.
Like vehicles and power plants, trees emit airborne chemicals called volatile
organic compounds (VOCs), which in the presence
of sunlight react with nitrogen oxides in vehicle fumes to
form ozone, one
of the components in smog that makes it a health threat.
Finding out how methane and other
organic species are
formed in deep - sea hydrothermal systems is compelling because these
compounds support modern day life, providing energy for microbial communities in the deep biosphere, and because
of the potential role
of abiotically -
formed organic compounds in the origin
of life.
The
form of mercury in thimerosal — an
organic compound called ethyl mercury — is the least studied
of all mercury's incarnations.
Nitrogen - containing
compounds of this sort are especially interesting because they may have played a role in
forming organic compounds involved in the origin
of life.
«Instead, the presence
of such
organic compounds in the sediments are linked to import
of large amounts
of methyl mercury
formed in the surrounding soils and wetlands,» explains Stefan Bertilsson, Professor at Uppsala University.
While other species detected in space are
formed by gas - phase chemistry alone, or by a combination
of both gas and solid - phase generation, methanol is a complex
organic compound which is
formed solely in the ice phase via surface reactions on dust grains.
The next step in the hunt for life on Mars is getting a better grip on the prevalence (or lack thereof)
of organic compounds on the surface and in the atmosphere — and then actually digging down into the crust
of the Red Planet, to look for actual signs
of life, either in the
form of fossils or actual living microorganisms.
They usually take the
form of chloroplasts, which like cyanobacteria contain chlorophyll and produce
organic compounds (such as glucose) through photosynthesis.
The equatorial and temperate regions
of Titan have vast areas
of dunes
formed by windblown sand rich in
organic compounds.
This way, the volatile
organic compounds that make the tea so powerful don't escape in the
form of steam.
Of particular note are Deacon's early drawings It's Orpheus When There's Singing (1978): a suite of drawings built up from complex compound curves that influenced the organic forms of much of his subsequent sculpture, and the large, sixty - part, green ceramic sculpture Fold (2012
Of particular note are Deacon's early drawings It's Orpheus When There's Singing (1978): a suite
of drawings built up from complex compound curves that influenced the organic forms of much of his subsequent sculpture, and the large, sixty - part, green ceramic sculpture Fold (2012
of drawings built up from complex
compound curves that influenced the
organic forms of much of his subsequent sculpture, and the large, sixty - part, green ceramic sculpture Fold (2012
of much
of his subsequent sculpture, and the large, sixty - part, green ceramic sculpture Fold (2012
of his subsequent sculpture, and the large, sixty - part, green ceramic sculpture Fold (2012).
The standards we recommend in this report would also significantly reduce emissions
of other air pollutants, specifically smog -
forming volatile
organic compounds and toxic pollutants like benzene that cause cancer and are associated with a host
of other health problems.
Various Updates In a move that environmental campaigners had sought for years (as had I), the Environmental Protection Agency has issued final rules that could substantially cut emissions
of heat - trapping methane, smog -
forming volatile
organic compounds and toxic air pollutants such as benzene from new, rebuilt or modified oil and gas wells and other infrastructure and operations.
As if sweltering heat weren't bad enough, Europeans also suffered through a higher - than - normal number
of days with dangerous smog levels that year.6 Smog — with ground - level ozone as the main component —
forms when sunlight reacts with chemicals such as volatile
organic compounds, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and water vapor.
Volatile
organic compounds or VOCs are produced from solids and liquids in the
form of a gas.
Aerosol «blue haze», as seen here in the Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina, is
formed by the oxidation
of volatile
organic compounds emitted by trees.
The H2SO4 can then condense together with water vapor (and perhaps
organic compounds and / or ammonia) to
form a stable cluster
of molecules: A new particle is typically 1 - 2 nanometers in diameter.