Broken Glass Yields Clues to Climate Change

Broken Glass Yields Clues to Climate Change
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:00:00 -0600

Clues to future climate may be found in the way an ordinary drinking glass shatters.

Results of a study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences find that microscopic particles of dust can break apart in patterns that are similar to the fragment patterns of broken glass and other brittle objects.

The research, by National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) scientist Jasper Kok, suggests there are several times more dust ...

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