Enhanced marine sulphur emissions offset global warming and impact rainfall

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Grandey, B S ^a   Wang, C ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; RAIN; SEA WATER; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; GLOBAL WARMING; RAIN; SEAWATER; SULFIDES; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84939839438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13055     Document Type: Article

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