particulate
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Diesel exhaust contains nitrogen oxides and particulate matter, pollutants linked to smog, respiratory disease, and climate impacts.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
Activists link the complex and its emissions of particulate matter and sulphur dioxide to an estimated 16,530 premature deaths.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Coal is relatively inexpensive to produce but is the dirtiest fossil fuel, releasing considerable particulate air pollution, sulfur dioxide and mercury, and nearly twice the planet-warming carbon dioxide as natural gas.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
In the last decade, increasing numbers of wildfires in Western states have released enough fine particulate pollution to reverse years’ worth of improvements under the Clean Air Act and other antipollution measures.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
When particulate matter in the atmosphere was sufficient, light from the ground got trapped and reflected back, and the entire Detroit sky would become the soft pink of cotton candy.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing particulate
Earth Science - Middle School
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Earth Science - High School
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Human Impacts on Earth Systems - Middle School and High School
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