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aerosol

[air-uh-sawl, -sol] / ˈɛər əˌsɔl, -ˌsɒl /




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The maker of aerosol containers aluminum cans on Monday reported a profit of $225 million, or $2.08 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Dr Øivind Hodnebrog, a principal researcher at Cicero, the Norwegian climate research institute, has studied how falling aerosol pollution affects the climate.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

One proposed process, called condensational aerosol convective invigoration, depends on clouds developing very high water vapor supersaturation.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

The maker of aluminum cans and aerosol containers said global beverage can volumes increased 5%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

We explode clouds of aerosol, mixed for good luck with deodorants, into our noses, mouths, underarms, privileged crannies—even into the intimate insides of our telephones.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Most volcanic ash has fallen out, but sulfur dioxide injected into the stratosphere produces sulfate aerosols which reflect a significant proportion of the Sun’s energy.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

As the eruption eventually begins to weaken, sulphur dioxide high in the atmosphere forms sunlight-reflecting sulfate aerosols that spread around the northern hemisphere to influence the world’s climate for several years.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

"The aerosols have masked some of the greenhouse gas warming from earlier," is how Hodnebrog explains it.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Burning coal and oil releases sulphur dioxide, which forms tiny particles known as sulphate aerosols.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

“I think the pattern of spread that we saw, and the fact that it spread to new rooms, suggest that Ebola aerosols were being generated and were present in the building,” he said.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston


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