Missing link to cloud formation found over forest

摘要

The discovery of an unknown chemical compound in the atmosphere could help explain how and when clouds are formed.The discovery of dihydroxye-poxides (an aerosol-precursor) is reported in Science by a team comprising of researchers from the California Institute of Technology and the University of Copenhagen. Professor Henrik Kjasrgaard from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen calls the new compounds a missing link in the formation of clouds.