Particles and Climate Change
NOTE: This article appears in page 10 of the 2015 issue of: Chemists Celebrate Earth Week editions.
It is openly available on the website of the American Chemical Society at: https://www.acs.org/education/outreach/celebrating-chemistry-editions.html.
It is available in both English and Spanish.
Abstract
As you’ve seen in this issue of Celebrating Chemistry, climate change is more complicated than just the weather, and many different things contribute to it. A lot of people talk about CO2 and climate change — but CO2 isn’t the only cause of the problem. Another piece of the puzzle is particulate matter, also known as aerosols.