Sentences with phrase «particles absorb more heat»
Because these black particles absorb more heat than white snow, the study of black carbon concentrations in glaciers is important for predicting future melt rates.
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The tiny particles also serve as condensation nuclei for clouds and are trapped between cloud particles, where their ability to absorb heat helps dry up those clouds and allows more sunlight to reach Earth.
He is experimenting with metal - organic heat carriers, extremely fine particles that can allow fluids to absorb more heat.
High UV / particle radiation = reduction in plankton = clear water = deeper penetration, more heat absorbed further down and retained = warming, reverse holds true.
In addition, once snow cover melts completely it often reveals underlying ice that has been darkened by dust and other particles, whose surface absorbs more solar energy, promoting heating.
More recently, scientists have been surprised to learn that black carbon — not only from biomass fires but from dirty diesel engines and other sources — is a far larger contributor to global warming than previously suspected: The dark particles absorb and retain heat close to the Earth's surface that might otherwise be reflected.