bromine explosion Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:45:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Sunlit Snow Predominant Reason for Arctic Atmosphere Changes https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sunlit-snow-predominant-reason-for-arctic-atmosphere-changes-20130426/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sunlit-snow-predominant-reason-for-arctic-atmosphere-changes-20130426/#respond Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:45:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36674 In the Arctic, sunlit snow is the predominant source of atmospheric bromine, the key to unique chemical reactions that purge pollutants and destroy ozone. National Science Foundation-funded researchers at Purdue University have also determined that surface snowpack above Arctic sea ice may have dramatically disruptive effects on the balance of high-latitude atmospheric chemistry. Researchers believe […]

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