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Biradicals to the rescue?
Friday, January 13, 2012 15:40
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Don’t tell Greenpeace, the Sierra Club or Julia Gillard*, but Gaia doesn’t need them.
Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have isolated a molecule they call ‘Criegee biradicals’, and they claim it’s like Mr Clean, for the air:
A little-understood molecule in the atmosphere could play an important role in reducing pollution and global warming, scientists believe. The ‘Criegee biradicals’ could lead to aerosol formation – and ultimately to clouds, with the potential to cool the planet. The compounds react far more rapidly than scientists expected.
Read more at Climate Change Dispatch
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