Thursday, November 15, 2012

Airborne particles smuggle pollutants to far reaches of globe

ScienceDaily: Pollution from fossil fuel burning and forest fires reaches all the way to the Arctic, even though it should decay long before it travels that far. Now, lab research can explain how pollution makes its lofty journey: rather than ride on the surface of airborne particles, pollutants snuggle inside, protected from the elements on the way. The results will help scientists improve atmospheric air-quality and pollution transport models. The results also show that the particles that envelop pollutants...

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