Nizkorodov study on cleaner atmosphere profiled

A new study by AirUCI Co-Director Sergey Nizkorodov is profiled in The Brighter Side News and lends some positive news for Earth's atmosphere.  He has identified a mechanism where the atmosphere can clean itself, finding that even in darkness, water droplets can spontaneously produce hydroxyl radicals (OH), a molecule vital for breaking down pollutants. "The measured OH production rates in the dark were comparable to or even exceeded those driven by sunlight," said Sergey.   Read the article

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Thursday, November 14, 2024