Urban air pollution represents one of the greatest environmental challenges facing mankind
in the 21st century. 1, 2 Noticeably, many develo** countries, such as China and India …

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 …

Air quality is concerned with pollutants in both the gas phase and solid or liquid phases. The
latter are referred to as aerosols, which are multifaceted agents affecting air quality, weather …

As the world's second largest economy, China has experienced severe haze pollution, with
fine particulate matter (PM) recently reaching unprecedentedly high levels across many …

Black carbon (BC) exerts profound impacts on air quality and climate because of its high
absorption cross-section over a broad range of electromagnetic spectra, but the current …

High levels of ultrafine particles (UFPs; diameter of less than 50 nm) are frequently produced
from new particle formation under urban conditions, with profound implications on human …

The climate models of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change list black carbon
(BC) as an important contributor to global warming based on its radiative forcing (RF) …

Atmospheric black carbon (BC) is a leading climate warming agent, yet uncertainties on the
global direct radiative forcing (DRF) remain large. Here we expand a global model …

Internal combustion engines are among the main sources of soot particles, especially when
non-homogeneous and high fuel-air ratio conditions are achieved in the combustion …

Clouds play a critical role in modulating the Earth's radiation balance and climate.
Anthropogenic aerosol particles that undergo aging processes, such as soot, aid cloud …