Morgan Pritchard- Sea Spray Aerosols Impact on the Environment

 I recently read an article about sea spray aerosols and their environmental effects and learned a lot of interesting, new information that I think would be cool to share. This article discussed how sea spray aerosols are formed when wakes break and because 75% of the world is ocean, they are the most common aerosol. These particles are called ice nucleating particles. As they enter the atmosphere, they get inside clouds and initiate the formation of ice, giving them an effect on cloud formation and duration. Researchers are starting to study ice nuclei more which can be used to better understand weather and climate. 

Clouds have a large effect on climate because they can reflect solar energy and absorb terrestrial radiation. However, the article states that this ability is largely influenced by the number, size, and type of droplets and ice particles that the clouds contain. Researchers are working to discover the chemical composition of sea spray aerosols to get a better understanding of how they help cloud formation and to possibly discover ways to use sea spray aerosols to help our fight against climate change. In class, we have been discussing water a lot through our guest speaker and the Blue Gold film and I thought this could be related to our discussions since sea spray aerosols have a major role in the water cycle. This article was super interesting and I provided the link below if anyone else would like to read about it.


https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=136822&org=NSF&from=news

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