Mineral dust aerosol impacts on global climate and climate change

JF Kok, T Storelvmo, VA Karydis, AA Adebiyi… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Mineral dust aerosols impact the energy budget of Earth through interactions with radiation,
clouds, atmospheric chemistry, the cryosphere and biogeochemistry. In this Review, we …

Evaluating climate geoengineering proposals in the context of the Paris Agreement temperature goals

MG Lawrence, S Schäfer, H Muri, V Scott… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Current mitigation efforts and existing future commitments are inadequate to accomplish the
Paris Agreement temperature goals. In light of this, research and debate are intensifying on …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust

JF Kok, AA Adebiyi, S Albani… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Even though desert dust is the most abundant aerosol by mass in Earth's atmosphere, the
relative contributions of the world's major source regions to the global dust cycle remain …

Overview of ice nucleating particles

ZA Kanji, LA Ladino, H Wex, Y Boose… - Meteorological …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Ice particle formation in tropospheric clouds significantly changes cloud radiative and
microphysical properties. Ice nucleation in the troposphere via homogeneous freezing …

Improving our fundamental understanding of the role of aerosol− cloud interactions in the climate system

JH Seinfeld, C Bretherton, KS Carslaw… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The effect of an increase in atmospheric aerosol concentrations on the distribution and
radiative properties of Earth's clouds is the most uncertain component of the overall global …

Multiphase chemistry at the atmosphere–biosphere interface influencing climate and public health in the anthropocene

U Pöschl, M Shiraiwa - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Multiphase chemistry plays a vital role in the Earth system, climate, and health. Chemical
reactions, mass transport, and phase transitions between gases, liquids, and solids are …

Dominant role of mineral dust in cirrus cloud formation revealed by global-scale measurements

KD Froyd, P Yu, GP Schill, CA Brock, A Kupc… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Airborne mineral dust particles can act as natural seeds for cirrus clouds in the upper
troposphere. However, the atmospheric abundance of dust is unconstrained in cirrus …

The role of organic aerosol in atmospheric ice nucleation: A review

DA Knopf, PA Alpert, B Wang - ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Predicting the formation of ice in the atmosphere presents one of the great challenges in
physical sciences with important implications for the chemistry and composition of the …

Sea spray aerosol as a unique source of ice nucleating particles

PJ DeMott, TCJ Hill, CS McCluskey… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Ice nucleating particles (INPs) are vital for ice initiation in, and precipitation from, mixed-
phase clouds. A source of INPs from oceans within sea spray aerosol (SSA) emissions has …

Interactions of water with mineral dust aerosol: water adsorption, hygroscopicity, cloud condensation, and ice nucleation

M Tang, DJ Cziczo, VH Grassian - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Mineral dust aerosol is one of the major types of aerosol present in the troposphere. The
molecular level interactions of water vapor with mineral dust are of global significance …