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Study finds changes in the Arctic sea ice cover may be driving changes in atmospheric chemistry

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Bromine also can remove ozone from the lowest layer of the atmosphere, the troposphere. Despite ozone’s beneficial role blocking harmful radiation in the stratosphere, ground-level ozone is a harmful pollutant. Bromine then reacts with a gaseous form of mercury, turning it into a pollutant that falls to Earth’s surface.

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US and UK researchers report direct measurement of key atmospheric reactant; more rapid formation of secondary aerosols

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succeeded in isolating the simplest CI and reported direct kinetic measurements of its reactions with water, NO, NO 2 , and SO 2. Dr. George Marston from the University of Reading (UK) notes that: The Criegee intermediates (CIs) are central to understanding the reactions of ozone with unsaturated compounds. Welz et al. Welz et al.

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Researchers measure reaction rates of second Criegee intermediate

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The new measurements will provide further insight into hydrocarbon combustion and atmospheric chemistry. Taatjes and his colleagues confirmed this prediction and made the first experimental determination of the reaction rate of a Criegee intermediate with water. Earlier post.).

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PNNL team finds correlation between reaction mechanism for zeolite SCR catalyst for NOx aftertreatment and bacterial enzyme catalysis

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Although the catalyst is in use, exactly how it converts NO x to nitrogen and water with the help of ammonia (urea) hasn’t been entirely clear. The finding provides insight into how to make better catalytic converters. Combined FTIR and NMR studies revealed the presence of a side-on nitrosyl species in the zeolite Cu-SSZ-13.

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Researchers describe the “where” and “when” of life cycle emissions from gasoline and ethanol in the US

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60% of ground-level ozone (O 3 ) precursors, 6% of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), and 22% of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted. They excluded emissions occurring outside of the contiguous US and surrounding waters) from the results below. On-road transportation accounts for approximately 20% of United States energy consumption.

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

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As economists and social scientists, we draw two fundamental insights from these examples of forced experimentation. He convinced the authorities to remove the handle from the pump of a particular water source that had been implicated in the spread of the disease, thereby halting that spread.

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