Exploration of the diurnal pattern global dimming and brightening has been limited by paucity high-temporal resolution observations. Based on 22 years’ continuous observations hourly surface solar radiation (SSR) over 96 stations across China for 1993–2014, this study evidences higher relative changes in SSR terms both frequency magnitude at sunrise sunset, with a longer pathway sun passing thr...

Abstract As one of the least understood aerosol processes, nucleation can be a dominant source atmospheric aerosols. Sulfuric acid (SA)-amine binary with dimethylamine (DMA) has been recognized as governing mechanism in polluted continental boundary layer. Here we demonstrate importance trimethylamine (TMA) for complex atmosphere and propose molecular-level SA-DMA-TMA ternary an improvement upo...

New particle formation (NPF) is a global phenomenon that significantly influences climate. NPF also contributes to haze, with pronounced negative impacts on human health. Theory and observations both show nucleation favored during clean days inhibited haze episodes due high pre-existing condensation sink (CS). Here we the surprising occurrence of in Beijing associated concentration sulfuric aci...

Could titanium-clean air be how advertisers one day try to sell us the virtues of paint or even clothing that reduces the pollution caused by automobiles? The technology behind such products involves the well-known ability of titanium dioxide (TiO2) to photocatalytically split water to form hydroxyl and peroxyl radicals, a reaction that has already been harnessed to make self-cleaning windows. ...

The present study investigated the impact of environmental pollution, represented in soil,irrigation water and air heavy metals, on the growth and production of Egyptian clovercultivated at south Greater Cairo, Egypt. Plants were sampled through five quadrats (0.5×0.5m), distributed equally in four cultivated farms in unpolluted and polluted sites, at theharvesting time. In addition, soil, air ...

Middle and southern Iraq suffers from polluted soils due to crude oil, spilled on land, leakage from transmitting pipe networks, or petroleum products from refineries. Many researchers have studied pollution impacts on the soil in details, but there is a clear lack of investigation on the influence of crude oil on soil erodibility. Recent researches have investigated the influence of pollution ...

Fluoride levels were determined in roots, stalks, and leaves of common underwater reeds (Phragmites australis) harvested in 2001 from a polluted reservoir near Luboń and an unpolluted reservoir near Radzewice, Poland. The mean fluoride concentrations in the roots, stalks and leaves of the polluted reservoir were, respectively, 213, 36.8, 51.1 mg F/kg dry mass. In the unpolluted reservoir they w...

abstract methane concentrations in kano municipality have been attributed to the burning of solid and fossil fuels and industrial processes. using an automatic gas sampling system, methane in the kano atmosphere was determined. its distribution in the municipality was skewed towards high frequency of low concentration with a mean and standard deviation of 0.61? 0.39 ?g/m3. similarly the distri...

We examined the chemical composition and bioavailability of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen (DON) from two pristine and two polluted cedar bog wetlands across three seasons. Pristine and polluted wetlands differed in DOC and DON concentrations, chemical characteristics, and bioavailability. DOC and DON concentrations were higher in the polluted than in the pristine wetlands. In cont...