Artificially controlling water condensation leads to 'room-temperature ice'
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 16:42
in Astronomy & Space
Earth's climate is strongly influenced by the presence of particles of different shapes and origins -- in the form of dust, ice and pollutants -- that find their way into the lowest portion of the atmosphere, the troposphere. There, water adsorbed on the surface of these particles can freeze at higher temperatures than pure water droplets, triggering rain and snow.