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Study finds climate-influencing cirrus clouds form around mineral dust and metallic aerosols; little evidence of black carbon

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An interdisciplinary team from MIT, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and elsewhere has identified the major particles upon which cirrus clouds form. From 2002 to 2011, the team conducted four flight missions in regions of North America and Central America where cirrus clouds often form.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The electrification of the automobile is inevitable." This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ). I got beaten down a number of times." This is unusual. Marketwatch ).

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