Soot from rocket launches is polluting Earth’s upper atmosphere
Problem set to worsen as launch numbers increase, say UCL researchers
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Pollen dispersion study offers hope for hay fever sufferers
Studying how pollen is dispersed from trees when the wind blows could help urban planners mitigate future exposure to airborne pollen grains
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Scientists explain why ‘seeding’ clouds with silver iodide is so efficient
New characterization of the material's surface reveals how an atom-level rearrangement aids the formation of ice crystals and promotes precipitation
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Extra carbon in the atmosphere may disrupt radio communications
Increasing CO2 levels are triggering changes in the ionosphere that will adversely affect signals, say scientists
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Desert dust helps freeze clouds in the northern hemisphere
Finding could improve climate models and advance prospects for geoengineering climate via cloud seeding
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Nano-engineered flyers could soon explore Earth’s mesosphere
Devices are levitated by sunlight alone
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Millions of smartphones monitor Earth’s ever-changing ionosphere
Crowd-sourced data could improve global navigation satellite systems such as GPS
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Cloudy with a chance of warming: how physicists are studying the dynamical impact of clouds on climate change
Michael Allen on how essential it is to understand how clouds respond to climate
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Lightning sets off bursts of high-energy electrons in Earth’s inner radiation belt
Unexpected finding could help determine the safest times to launch spacecraft
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Mountaintop observations of gamma-ray glow could shed light on origins of lightning
Electric fields near Earth’s surface are stronger than expected
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