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AIRBORNE DUST PARTICLES [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
CONT

Airborne dust functions in a manner similar to the greenhouse effect: it absorbs and scatters solar radiation entering Earth's atmosphere, reducing the amount reaching the surface, and absorbs long-wave radiation bouncing back up from the surface, re-emitting it in all directions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

[L'exposition] aux particules en suspension dans l'air entraîne des réponses biologiques délétères suite à l'inhalation et à la déposition de diverses substances dans le poumon.

Spanish

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