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  <title><![CDATA[Study Shows Pollution Doesn't Affect Rate of Cloud Droplet Formation]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>In a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/02/15/1219591110">study</a>&nbsp;published in the journal&nbsp;<em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,&nbsp;</em>Georgia Institute of Technology researchers report that organic coatings on particles don’t seem to significantly affect the rate at which droplets form.&nbsp;This research is based on droplet formation measurements, both&nbsp;aerial and ground-based, from ten different areas, including Atlanta, the Gulf of Mexico, and Los Angeles.&nbsp;“It turns out that it doesn’t matter how much goop you have – or don’t have – the droplets take the same time to form,” said&nbsp;<a href="http://www.eas.gatech.edu/people/Athanasios_Nenes">Athanasios Nenes</a>, a professor in the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.eas.gatech.edu/">School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.chbe.gatech.edu/">School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering</a>&nbsp;at Georgia Tech.&nbsp;For the full article, click <a href="http://www.gatech.edu/research/news/pollution-doesn%E2%80%99t-change-rate-cloud-droplet-formation-study-shows">here</a>.</p>]]></body>
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