{"id":1012,"date":"2025-11-26T21:15:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2025-11-26T21:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:16:45","slug":"on-cloud-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=1012","title":{"rendered":"On Cloud Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a09540186757&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a09540186757\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-26-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1013\" style=\"width:1320px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-26-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-26-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-26-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-26-500x333.png 500w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-26.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tiny, floating particles in the atmosphere called aerosols are a key ingredient for forming clouds. They&#8217;re also one of the big unknowns in climate models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These microscopic particles form thanks to an array of complex chemical reactions in the atmosphere and grow into nuclei on which water vapor can condense. But those chemical reactions are complex and hard to measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bigelow Laboratory<\/strong> researchers have partnered with scientists at <strong>Carnegie Mellon University<\/strong> to unravel the complicated process of aerosol formation and how it&#8217;s shaped by gases naturally released by plankton and seaweed across the vast ocean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team is running sophisticated experiments at our dock to understand what particles are forming, how quickly, and in what ways that process is influenced by marine algae \u2014 information that will improve scientists&#8217; understanding of how the atmosphere will behave in a changing climate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bigelow.org\/news\/articles\/2025-11-26.html\">Read the Full Story<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiny, floating particles in the atmosphere called aerosols are a key ingredient for forming clouds. They&#8217;re also one of the big unknowns in climate models. These microscopic particles form thanks to an array of complex chemical reactions in the atmosphere and grow into nuclei on which water vapor can condense. But those chemical reactions are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","css_class_manager_body_classes":"","css_class_manager_use_in_post_loop":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[35,48,42,75],"class_list":["post-1012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-changing-oceans","tag-phytoplankton","tag-steve-archer","tag-technology","tag-trace-metals-gases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1014,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions\/1014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}