{"id":18076,"date":"2014-03-18T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T06:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/research\/researchers-discover-source-of-secondary-aerosol-organic-particles\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T10:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T04:53:44","slug":"researchers-discover-source-of-secondary-aerosol-organic-particles","status":"publish","type":"research","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/researchers-discover-source-of-secondary-aerosol-organic-particles","title":{"rendered":"Researchers discover source of secondary aerosol organic particles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Researchers have found that plant-emitted aerosoles\u2014the extremely low-volatile organic compounds\u2014consist of relatively large molecules. They show how these vapors are formed almost immediately when plant emissions are released into the air. The vapors then condense on small aerosol particles suspended in the air, causing them to grow to around 100 nanometres. At this size, they can reflect incoming sunlight and act as cloud condensation nuclei. It is believed that the findings of this study could help improve assessments of the biosphere\u2013aerosol\u2013climate feedback mechanisms, and the air quality and climate effects of biogenic emissions generally. Read more in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v506\/n7489\/full\/nature13032.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20140227\"><em>Nature<\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">M Ehn et al., <em>Nature<\/em>, 2014. 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