Study: Gases from burning biomass react within clouds, forming secondary organic aerosols

Thousands of tiny particles in the atmosphere unseen by the naked eye scatter and absorb solar radiation and become one of the bases for the formation of clouds. A lot of these particles are not directly emitted into the atmosphere from the land or ocean surface but are formed by reactions of gases with oxidants that are in multiple phases in the atmosphere, including the gas-phase, and in water that is in the liquid form in clouds and other particles.