[HTML][HTML] Scientists' warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change

R Cavicchioli, WJ Ripple, KN Timmis, F Azam… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
In the Anthropocene, in which we now live, climate change is impacting most life on Earth.
Microorganisms support the existence of all higher trophic life forms. To understand how …

The biogeochemistry of marine dimethylsulfide

FE Hopkins, SD Archer, TG Bell… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The marine trace gas dimethylsulfide (DMS) supplies sulfur to the atmosphere at a rate of 15–
40 Tg S per year, contributing to the production of atmospheric sulfate aerosols that …

New particle formation in the atmosphere: From molecular clusters to global climate

SH Lee, H Gordon, H Yu, K Lehtipalo… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
New particle formation (NPF) represents the first step in the complex processes leading to
formation of cloud condensation nuclei. Newly formed nanoparticles affect human health, air …

Observations of clouds, aerosols, precipitation, and surface radiation over the Southern Ocean: An overview of CAPRICORN, MARCUS, MICRE, and SOCRATES

GM McFarquhar, CS Bretherton… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Weather and climate models are challenged by uncertainties and biases in simulating
Southern Ocean (SO) radiative fluxes that trace to a poor understanding of cloud, aerosol …

[HTML][HTML] Description and evaluation of aerosol in UKESM1 and HadGEM3-GC3. 1 CMIP6 historical simulations

JP Mulcahy, C Johnson, CG Jones… - Geoscientific Model …, 2020 - gmd.copernicus.org
We document and evaluate the aerosol schemes as implemented in the physical and Earth
system models, the Global Coupled 3.1 configuration of the Hadley Centre Global …

The North Atlantic aerosol and marine ecosystem study (NAAMES): Science motive and mission overview

MJ Behrenfeld, RH Moore, CA Hostetler… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) is an interdisciplinary
investigation to improve understanding of Earth's ocean ecosystem-aerosol-cloud system …

Secondary marine aerosol plays a dominant role over primary sea spray aerosol in cloud formation

KJ Mayer, X Wang, MV Santander, BA Mitts… - ACS central …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Marine aerosols play a critical role in impacting our climate by seeding clouds over the
oceans. Despite decades of research, key questions remain regarding how ocean biological …

Influences of recent particle formation on Southern Ocean aerosol variability and low cloud properties

IL McCoy, CS Bretherton, R Wood… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Controls on pristine aerosol over the Southern Ocean (SO) are critical for constraining the
strength of global aerosol indirect forcing. Observations of summertime SO clouds and …

Scientists' call to action: Microbes, planetary health, and the Sustainable Development Goals

TW Crowther, R Rappuoli, C Corinaldesi, R Danovaro… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, and protists, are essential to life
on Earth and the functioning of the biosphere. Here, we discuss the key roles of …

The hemispheric contrast in cloud microphysical properties constrains aerosol forcing

IL McCoy, DT McCoy, R Wood… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The change in planetary albedo due to aerosol− cloud interactions during the industrial era
is the leading source of uncertainty in inferring Earth's climate sensitivity to increased …