city lights Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:32:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Nighttime City Lights Interfere With Natural Air Cleansing Process, Study Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nitrate-radical-city-lights-20101215/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nitrate-radical-city-lights-20101215/#respond Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:32:12 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16166 An interesting news regarding how pollution actually works and how nature tries to combat it comes from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researcher, Harald Stark. He says that during nighttime there's a chemical called the nitrate radical, that breaks down the harmful chemicals emitted during the day by cars and factories.

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