January 28, 2010 | A new study
led by NCAR scientist Peter Lawrence has found that impacts to Earth's hydrological
cycle—not
changes in
the reflection or absorption of solar radiation—are the
most important driving force in how human-caused land use changes affect climate.
The findings contradict previous research and suggest that land cleared of
forest for agriculture could have a greater...
January 14, 2010 | Many of the smallest
particles in the atmosphere emerge through a different process than previously
thought, according to analysis from a team led by NCAR's Jim Smith. The team
has found that aminium salts make up as much as half of the mass of newly
formed particles in places as diverse as Atlanta, Mexico City, northeast
Colorado, and Finland. Its work appeared online on 7...
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