Shattered Glass Can Tell About Climate Change
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 1,
January 2011
Jasper Kok at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) said that shattered dirt appears to produce an unexpectedly high number of large dust fragments.
He added that their size determines how they affect climate and weather, influencing the amount of solar energy in the global atmosphere as well as the formation of clouds and precipitation in more dust-prone regions.
Because it plays an important role in controlling the amount of solar energy in the atmosphere, the finding has implications in predicting climate change.
“The idea that all these objects shatter in the same way is a beautiful thing, actually. It's nature's way of creating order in chaos," Kok said. Read the full report here.
Source: Hindustan Times, Washington.
