What’s the big stink about Antarctica? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our atmosphere is full of tiny chemical particles that help form clouds. These particles control our daily weather and even the planet’s overall climate. And some of them smell! Why? Matt Boyer and
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Invisible danger in the atmosphere?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… YOLO!!!…or… “You Only Live Once.” Less actually, if you inhale too many aerosols! These are chemical molecules clustered in the atmosphere. They’re bad for our climate and health. We have ways of monitoring
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I’ve heard that bird poop brings good luck. Now I actually believe it! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Here with a silver lining to the white mess on your freshly washed car! Every summer, millions of seabirds pass through the Arctic. Leaving
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Could the solution to global warming be a stone’s throw away? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Since the Industrial Revolution, burning fossil fuels has increased carbon dioxide emissions substantially. C-O-two traps heat in Earth’s atmosphere, contributing to the “greenhouse effect”. For years, scientists have
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