Caltech researchers show how organic carbon compounds emitted by trees affect air quality
Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 13:49
in Physics & Chemistry
PASADENA, Calif. -- A previously unrecognized player in the process by which gases produced by trees and other plants become aerosols -- microscopically small particles in the atmosphere -- has been discovered by a research team led by scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).