Tag Archives: atmosphere
Perfluorinated compounds in the atmosphere of Shenzhen, China
High volume air samples taken to 13 sampling sites that were chosen in 6 districts of Shenzhen, China from September to November, 2011 were analyzed for 11 perfluorinated compounds (PFCs). A set of ionic nonvolatile PFCs including
What heats the sun’s outer atmosphere?
At several million kelvins, the Sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona, is a thousand times hotter than the underlying solar surface. Understanding what heats the corona to its extreme temperatures is one of the cornerstone questions in
