{"671202":{"#nid":"671202","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Study reveals wintertime formation of large pollution particles in China\u0027s skies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences researchers find dangerous sulfates are formed, and their particles get bigger, within the plumes of pollution belching from coal-fired power plants.\u0026nbsp;Previous\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/acp.copernicus.org\/articles\/19\/14311\/2019\/\u0022\u003Estudies\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;have found that the particles that float in the haze over the skies of Beijing include sulfate, a major source of outdoor air pollution that damages lungs and aggravates existing asthmatic symptoms, according to the California Air Resources Board.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/wang-dr-yuhang\u0022\u003EYuhang Wang\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, and his research team have conducted a study that may have the answer: All the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/chemical+reactions\/\u0022 rel=\u0022tag\u0022\u003Echemical reactions\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;needed to turn sulfur dioxide into sulfur trioxide, and then quickly into sulfate, primarily happen within the smoke plumes causing the pollution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences researchers find dangerous sulfates are formed, and their particles get bigger, within the plumes of pollution belching from coal-fired power plants.\u0026nbsp;Previous\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/acp.copernicus.org\/articles\/19\/14311\/2019\/\u0022\u003Estudies\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;have found that the particles that float in the haze over the skies of Beijing include sulfate, a major source of outdoor air pollution that damages lungs and aggravates existing asthmatic symptoms, according to the California Air Resources Board.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/wang-dr-yuhang\u0022\u003EYuhang Wang\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, and his research team have conducted a study that may have the answer: All the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/chemical+reactions\/\u0022 rel=\u0022tag\u0022\u003Echemical reactions\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;needed to turn sulfur dioxide into sulfur trioxide, and then quickly into sulfate, primarily happen within the smoke plumes causing the pollution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-11-21 21:38:22","changed_gmt":"2023-11-21 21:38:22","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Phys.org","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2023-11-reveals-wintertime-formation-large-pollution.html","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"169224","name":"Yuhang Wang"},{"id":"173837","name":"China air pollution"},{"id":"113111","name":"aerosols"},{"id":"169960","name":"sulfates"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}