What did scientists find deep in Antarctic ice? Clues from volcanic eruptions that may have cooled the planet 800 years ago.

Plunging sulfate aerosol emissions from industrial sources, particularly shipping, could lead global temperatures to surge well beyond the levels prescribed by the Paris Climate Agreement as soon ...

Role of transition metal ions in the formation of sulfate aerosols underestimated Harris' measurements showed that sulfate in clouds forms mostly through the oxidation of sulfur dioxide (SO 2) by ...

Wait, what!? Let me explain. Because of Bakersfield’s geographic location and its unfortunate air-pollution-trapping ...

More information: Y. Iizuka et al, High Flux of Small Sulfate Aerosols During the 1970s Reconstructed From the SE‐Dome Ice Core in Greenland, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2022).

Through sensitivity simulations involving a 48% increase in South Asian Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions, the researchers found that sulfate aerosols reduced monsoon rainfall by 27.5% to 43.3%." ...

These sulfate aerosols could have cooled the planet for years after the asteroid impact event. According to Junium and Zerkle “the longer-term effects on the environment would ultimately have ...

Sulfate aerosols are also warmed by solar radiation, enough to actually alter patterns of moisture flow and jets streams around the globe which would change weather and climate. Image courtesy Nature ...

Underestimated Passive Volcanic Sulfur Degassing Implies Overestimated Anthropogenic Aerosol Forcing. Geophysical Research Letters, 2023; 50 (1) DOI: 10.1029/2022GL102061 ...

It forms sulfate aerosol particles in the air, which reflect sunlight, and as so-called cloud condensation nuclei influence the chemical processes within clouds.