What are aerosols and droplets all about anyway? (Image: Quinn Lemmers for Yahoo Life/Stocksy) Experts first isolated SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols back in March, but the extent to which the virus spreads ...

Aerosols in air pollution cause negative health impacts, but they also help cool cities by deflecting the sun’s rays. A new study found that as aerosols decline in populated areas, the risk of ...

Fossil fuels are rapidly warming the planet, and the aerosols from their combustion kill millions of people each year. So we need to rapidly decarbonize. But in an ironic twist, those aerosols ...

Tiny particles that form from molecules in the air play an important role for climate change. But until now, the have been poorly understood. Scientists have now analyzed how these particles form. It ...

Greenhouse gases may get more attention, but aerosols -- from car exhaust to volcanic eruptions -- also have a major impact on the Earth's climate. Using a massive NASA dataset, researchers have ...

Editor's note: On July 9, the World Health Organization acknowledged that coronavirus could potentially be spread through the air under certain conditions. When someone coughs, talks or even breathes, ...

Chemists have discovered that tiny particulate matter called aerosols lofted into the atmosphere by sea spray and the bursting of bubbles at the ocean’s surface are chemically altered by the presence ...

Whenever humans arrive on Mars, they're going to find it a difficult place to exist. Mars is cold, with an average surface ...

Mars has long been seen as one of humanity’s best hopes for colonization, but its harsh environment, freezing temperatures, ...