
02/27/2021
Cloud-Making Aerosol Could Devastate Polar Sea Ice
The ocean’s surface, including melting sea ice, releases iodine into the atmosphere. This iodine may react with other trace chemicals in the air to seed the formation of heat-trapping clouds in the Arctic, a new study found. https://www.quantamagazine.org/cloud-making-aerosol-could-devastate-polar-sea-ice-20210223/
An overlooked but powerful driver of cloud formation could accelerate the loss of polar sea ice.