BC is the main anthropogenic ... of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are also important. Occasionally volcanic eruptions result in huge amounts of primary and secondary aerosols both at the ...

A study published in Science reveals that plant-derived secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) can act as mediators of plant-plant ...

We have long known that anthropogenic aerosols make clouds brighter by sparking ... carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, heavy metals, CO2 and methane. In the paper, the researchers ...

Aerosols vary in composition ... by black or elemental carbon and heavy organic material such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (Bond et al. 2007). Secondary PM also forms through cloud processing.

Anthropogenic aerosols, tiny solid and liquid air pollution particles, have masked a fraction of global warming caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Climate researchers have known for decades ...