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MIT Researchers Test Raindrops’ Ability to Clean the Atmosphere

Mila Luleva — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:35:21 +0000

Raindrops might be the key to cleaning Earth’s atmosphere from pollutants, according to MIT researchers. Atmospheric pollution is a serious problem, having irreversible effects on human health and the global climate. The increasing number of diesel cars on the streets, coupled with coal-burning power plants and industries, release enormous amounts of pollutants and tiny particles […]

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If We Pollute Our Atmosphere, Surely Aliens Have Done the Same to Theirs

Mila Luleva — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:40:41 +0000

We can find aliens by detecting polluted atmospheres. Or something along these lines is what a team of astrophysicists from Harvard-Smithsonian Center imply in a recently published report. They claim that with new instruments they can find traces of pollution in the atmosphere of other planets, and prove that we are not alone. According to a study published in The […]

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