Billions upon billions of soot particles enter Earth's atmosphere each second, totaling about 5.8 million metric tons a year—posing a climate-warming impact previously estimated at almost one-third ...

Carbon particles are present in many aspects of our daily lives. Soot, which consists of tiny carbon particles, is generated when energy sources such as oil or wood are not completely burned. Soot ...

Unraveling the chemical processes in soot particle filters reveals new ways to produce synthetic fuels. Carbon particles are present in many aspects of our daily lives. Soot, which consists of tiny ...

Rain pulls nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from wildfire smoke, delivering surprisingly large amounts of nutrients to ...

From the top of a plane wing, another airplane is seen flying above clouds in a blue sky, leaving a contrail in its wake. In spring 2023, scientists aboard a research aircraft chased an Airbus A321neo ...