Broken Glass and Dust Provide Insights to Climate Change
Image by NASA Goddard Photo and Video via Flickr Creative Commons Our future climate may be revealed in the way a drinking glass shatters. At least, according to research by National Center for Atmospheric Research scientist Jasper Kok. Analyzing the patterns of broken glass help revel similar patterns in the fragmentation of dust particles — and its these dust particles in our atmosphere that play a big role in the planet’s climate. Watching how dust fragments could lead to better weather forecasting and clearer understanding of long-term climate change. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Broken Glass and Dust Provide Insights to Climate Change
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