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aerosol

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




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Both conventional and botanical cleaning products generated complex multiphase exposure scenarios involving reactive gases and secondary organic aerosol.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 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 posted net income of $245 million, or $2.23 a share, compared with $181 million, or $1.56 a share, a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

“We had to protect ourselves when we went inside. We knew that Marburg is transmitted by the aerosol route.”

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

And while carbon dioxide remains in the climate system for centuries, sulphate aerosols survive in the atmosphere for just days or weeks.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Ironically, one reason the region may be warming more quickly is its success in reducing air pollution, thinning the blanket of aerosols that bounce back solar radiation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The observations do not prove that aerosols caused the sampled clouds to become stronger.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

Its survey indicated that fewer than fifteen people out of a hundred of those using insecticide aerosols and sprays are even aware of the warnings on the containers.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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