Tiny particles fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been appreciated, according to a study by PNNL scientists and colleagues in the journal Science.
Jiwen Fan, PNNL atmospheric scientist, led the study showing how
tiny particles fuel large storms in the Amazon.
RICHLAND, Wash. —
Tiny particles fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been appreciated, according to a study in the Jan. 26 issue of the journal Science.
Tiny particles fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been appreciated, according to a study in the Jan. 26 issue of the journal Science.
Not exact matches
Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) seeks to create those conditions by taking a
tiny capsule of fusion
fuel (typically a mixture of the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium) and crushing it at high speed using some form of «driver,» such as lasers,
particle beams, or magnetic pulses.
To calculate the amount of
fuel inside Earth by 2025, the researchers will rely on detecting some of the
tiniest subatomic
particles known to science — geoneutrinos.
The team from NYU Langone Medical Center, in New York City, found that exposure to
tiny particles in fossil
fuel emissions are associated with an increased risk of heart disease.
In addition to electronic variable valve timing systems and direct
fuel injection systems, new generation diesel engines utilize an emission reducing
particle filter system to trap and filter the
tiny particles of soot that are often associated with diesel engine exhaust.
Thanks to a special combination of materials,
tiny particles up to 0.004 mm in size are filtered out of the
fuel with an accuracy of up to 99.5 %.
As
tiny as the inner workings and the tips of your
fuel injectors are, just a few gritty
particles escaping from an overflowing Infiniti
fuel filter can cause a real problem.
Fossil
fuel burning by humans emits
tiny particles in addition to releasing CO2 in the atmosphere.
Reducing SOx also reduces particulate matter,
tiny harmful
particles which form when
fuel is burnt.
Black carbon —
tiny soot
particles released into the atmosphere by burning
fuels — has been linked to adverse health and environmental impacts through decades of scientific research.
The worsening of the picture, ironically, is due to a projected cleansing of the atmosphere in coming decades of other emissions from
fuel burning that have a cooling influence on climate — specifically the veil of
tiny particles of sulfates from unfiltered burning of coal and oil that contribute to smog and acid rain.