To find that out, he says, future longer, larger - scale experiments, perhaps
using natural dust, are required.
The paradoxical finding — that more
natural dust in the air improves air quality — comes from a team of researchers from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego.
The researchers say human - made pollution is still the core of air pollution in cities like Beijing in eastern China but that it's important to understand the role
of natural dust particles.
Instead, the team proposes, soot and other particles in the ships» exhaust create large numbers of cloud droplets that are, on average, smaller than those forming around
natural dust particles in the air elsewhere over the ocean.
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More natural dust in the air improves air quality in eastern China: Reduced dust slows winds, increases air stagnation over cities like Beijing; implications for US, other cities as well.»
«This is one of the first times we've really looked at the interactions
between natural dust, wind, and anthropogenic pollution,» said Yang.
Yes, you read that correctly: When
less natural dust blows in, the air quality for millions of people worsens.
While this may sound like a small amount, light is blocked more efficiently by smaller humanmade particles than
by natural dust.
We don't hear too much
about natural dust, the kind that the winds loft from deserts and dry lakebeds into the air and carries for hundreds of kilometers, crossing oceans and continents, but we should.
Researchers say the broader question of
how natural dust and human - made pollution interact is an important one for people across the globe, not just China.
In computer models together with historical data, the team found that
reduced natural dust transported from the Gobi Desert in central and northern China translates to increased human - made air pollution in highly populated eastern China.
Long underappreciated, puny motes of
natural dust turn out to have a tremendous influence on climate, cloud formation, and the fertilization of oceans and rain forests.
We often use the boxes that come when we
order natural dust - free litter or food online; once everything is unwrapped, you will have a cardboard box and (hopefully) a couple long pieces of regular brown packing paper.
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ABCs consist of anthropogenic aerosols such as sulfates, nitrates, organics, and black carbon and
natural dust aerosols.
In addition to
natural dust production, human activities have created another potential source for dust mobilisation through desertification.
As a result, during the winter monsoon season, eastern China experiences weaker winds when there's
less natural dust in the air.
The RF efficiency of anthropogenic dust has not been well differentiated from that
of natural dust and it is assumed that they are equal.
The recently published study shows, based on the available information, that traffic (25 %), combustion and agriculture (22 %), domestic fuel burning (20 %),
natural dust and salt (18 %), and industrial activities (15 %) are the main sources of particulate matter contributing to cities» air pollution.
Natural dust is the main source of PM10 in the Middle - East and Northern African countries, likely due to their vicinity to arid areas.
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There would «
natural dust» in this area, right now, only question is how much, rather than a question if there is any.
However — the pollen allergies etc., — these are — apparently — caused by total intolerance towards
the natural dusts — caused by our too clean homes, where babies can not eat a lump of soil (anymore) and can not bolter themselves in dust and dirt on the floors, as these now are hermetically cleaned.
This enhancement of AOD is attributed to a rise in the atmospheric load of BC, nss - SO4 =, NO3, POA and SOA by factors of 3.3, 2.6, 2.7, 2.3 and 1.2, respectively, whereas we assumed that
the natural dust and sea - salt sources remained constant.