Dr. Benny Peiser 16.01.2012 15:11 +Feedback
Gaia In Action? Criegee Biradicals May Help Cool Earth
Elusive pollution-busting molecules are scrubbing our planet’s atmosphere at a much faster rate than first imagined, according to gas-bothering boffins. Reactions by the cleaning agents, known as Criegee intermediates, are also emitting a by-product that forms solar radiation-reflecting clouds that could help cool Earth and reduce the effects of global warming. The Criegee biradicals were first hypothesised in the 1950s by German chemist Rudolf Criegee, but only now have they been recreated in a lab and directly measured for the first time. The University of Bristol’s Professor Dudley Shallcross, who co-wrote the paper, added: “Natural ecosystems could be playing a significant role in off-setting global warming.”
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