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Sun helps clean the sky

The atmosphere's cleaning agent harnesses solar power.

We may be flooding the air with pollutants, but the 'atmospheric detergent' that mops them up is still going strong, according to research in this week's Nature1. That's because the amount of cleanser in our skies seems to depend on ultraviolet radiation coming from the Sun, rather than the amount of pollution it has to clean.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on July 13, 2006 10:09 AM |

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I have done a researh paper on this article last year when i was taking college courses for high school students. It's amazing how nature works. It's all planned out. I really like this topic. I have been researching about this for over months now. This has really captured my interest.

Posted by: Shivalika | July 18, 2006 08:36 PM

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