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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for Monday July 13, 2020 ( 1 items )  

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Study Finds Less Impact From Wildfire Smoke on Climate
LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: New research revealed that tiny, sunlight-absorbing particles in wildfire smoke may have less impact on climate than widely hypothesized because reactions as the plume mixes with clean air reduce its absorbing power and climate-warming effect. In a unique megafire study, a Los Alamos National Laboratory-led research team studied the properties of smoke from Arizon  more