The atmosphere is vital for life here on Earth. It has protected much of life from objects coming from space as well as radiation coming from the Sun. Scientists are still trying to understand much about it. Now a groundbreaking research reveals how particles are formed.
The research is being done by the University of Leeds. Leading the research is Professor Ken Carslaw of the School of Earth and Environment. The research has mostly been done through computer simulation on how particles are formed in the atmosphere.
Understanding how the particles are formed requires a basic understanding of how there clouds are formed. Clouds are made of water droplets. These water droplets are taken from surface water on the Earth in a process called evaporation. They then condense in the atmosphere forming the droplets called aerosols.
The study of how the particles have been formed has not been easy, and measuring particle formation in labs has not been done yet, according to Science Daily. With the CLOUD experiment that can now be done. The experiment can measure how much particles are used as they cluster together. This is done through a special chamber designed for this, and conditions are well controlled.
Nucleation, or the process by which the particles cluster, is important since half of the water droplets are formed that way, as Phys Org reports. With this understanding of how the particles are formed, scientists might have a new insight on how to global warming and climate change. This is the same assessment made by Professor Caslaw.
In his assessment he said that knowing how particles in clouds are formed would be important in handling and making global climate models. As the world continues to experience the effects of global warming, these models are essential in letting scientists study the phenomenon. Climate change has much effect on life here on Earth.
The groundbreaking research reveals how particles are formed. This is important in the study of climate change. A UN report says that as many as 122 million might be effected by poverty if climate change would continue.
