Atmospheric Chemistry

Spectacular Plumes of Dust Reach across the World [Slide Show]

6 Feb 2012

We don't hear too much about natural dust, the kind that the winds loft from deserts and dry lakebeds into the air and carries for hundreds of kilometers, crossing oceans and continents, but we should. Plumes of dust connect the atmosphere, the oceans and the forests, and affect the most fundamental processes of life on our planet. Scientists believe that dust has profound and somewhat ...

Buoy helps measure carbon dioxide

6 Feb 2012

A new monitoring buoy off Upper Matecumbe Key will help scientists track the effects of rising carbon dioxide levels on protected coral reefs. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration... read more

University of Miami student Bignami among 5 Guy Harvey Scholarship recipients

3 Feb 2012

( University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science ) University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science graduate student Sean Bignami received a Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation scholarship for his studies of how the changing chemistry of marine waters as a result of ocean acidification might affect the early development of large marine fish.