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15,000 Light-Years Away, Something Is Blinking – And It Might Rewrite Physics
The object, named ASKAP J1832-0911, sends out bursts of radio waves and X-rays that last two minutes and repeat every 44 ...
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Single Parameter for Predicting the Morphology of Atmospheric Black Carbon
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science ... making the evaluation of its atmospheric lifetime and climate impact a challenge. To elucidate the associated mechanisms, we exposed BC aerosol to ...
Fluorescent light reveals invisible smoke at high altitudes
Fluorescence lidar technology enables a better determination of the origin of particles in the atmosphere. The method can ...
Clay-based nanomaterials offer solution to capture carbon dioxide and combat climate change
One of Earth's most common nanomaterials is facilitating breakthroughs in tackling climate change: clay. In a new study, ...
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Historic Atmospheric Organochlorine Pesticide and Halogenated Industrial Compound Inputs to Glacier Ice Cores in Antarctica and the Arctic
Long-range atmospheric transport (LRAT) delivers contaminants to both sites, but the processes are different: Site M is affected by subsidence of air from the stratosphere to the Antarctic Plateau, ...