Cosmic Ray Decreases Affect Atmospheric Aerosols And Clouds
Monday, October 5, 2009 - 21:14
in Astronomy & Space
Billions of tons of water droplets vanish from the atmosphere in events that reveal in detail how the Sun and the stars control our everyday clouds. Researchers have traced the consequences of eruptions on the Sun that screen the Earth from some of the cosmic rays -- the energetic particles raining down on our planet from exploded stars.
