Sketch map for how the “polluted” atmospheric new particle formation events occur (IMAGE)

Particuology

Sketch map for how the “polluted” atmospheric new particle formation events occur

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Scientists from Peking University, University of Gothenburg, and Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences discovered the combined impacts from regional transport and local nucleation on nanoparticles in the urban atmosphere.

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Dongjie Shang, Min Hu, et al., Peking University (PKU)

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