The atmosphere is getting better at cleaning itself—but that's not all good news
Imagine for a moment the atmosphere is a kitchen sink. Wildfires, industry emissions, plants and microbes dump their grimy ...
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Atmosphere's self-cleansing ability followed by long-term study
The Earth's atmosphere has strengthened ... "Even though the hydroxyl radicals appear in tiny quantities for a short time, they remove carbon monoxide and nearly 90% of methane in the air, so ...
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The atmosphere is getting better at cleaning itself – but that’s not all good news
The hydroxyl radical (OH ... (which is chemically the same as carbon monoxide but heavier) forms when cosmic rays start a chain of reactions in the atmosphere. We can calculate this production ...