{"id":38704,"date":"2021-05-01T06:01:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T06:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medio-ambiente\/rayos-produce-radicales-hidroxilos-esperado-eso-muy-bueno-para-nuestra-atmosfera"},"modified":"2021-05-01T06:01:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T06:01:46","slug":"los-rayos-produce-mas-radicales-hidroxilos-de-lo-esperado-y-eso-es-muy-bueno-para-nuestra-atmosfera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/los-rayos-produce-mas-radicales-hidroxilos-de-lo-esperado-y-eso-es-muy-bueno-para-nuestra-atmosfera\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning produces more hydroxyl radicals than expected and that is very good for our atmosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/2cee81\/lightning-1056419_640\/1024_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Los rayos produce m\u00e1s radicales hidroxilos de lo esperado y eso es muy bueno para nuestra atm\u00f3sfera\">\n    <\/p>\n<p>Previously unobserved extreme amounts of atmospheric hydroxyl and hydroperoxyl radicals (HO2), which have been generated directly by lightning sparks, <strong>are involved in cleaning our atmosphere<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><\/p>\n<p>This is what it suggests <a href=\"https:\/\/news.psu.edu\/story\/656979\/2021\/04\/29\/research\/lightning-and-subvisible-discharges-produce-molecules-clean\">a new study<\/a> published in <em>Science<\/em>. These amounts are much higher than expected, and that&#039;s a good thing.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>OH controls toxic gases<\/h2>\n<p>We already knew that lightning increases the atmosphere&#039;s ability to clean itself by producing reactive nitric oxide (NO), which, through subsequent atmospheric chemistry, ultimately leads to the formation of atmospheric oxidants, including ozone ( O3) and hydroxyl radicals (OH).<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-normal\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lightning\" class=\"centro_sinmarco\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/fad67c\/lightning\/450_1000.jpg\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>OH is the most important oxidizing species in the atmosphere, controlling the concentrations of toxic and climate-relevant gases such as carbon monoxide and methane. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<p>According to the researchers, these quantities are several orders of magnitude <strong>above any previous measurement of atmospheric OH or HO2<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><\/p>\n<p>Although the results are uncertain, perhaps by a factor of ten, they suggest that the OH generated by lightning in all storms occurring globally at any given time could be responsible for <strong>between 2 and 16% of the oxidation capacity of the Earth&#039;s atmosphere<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 6 --><script>\n (function() {\n  window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {};\n  var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];\n  if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) {\n   var instagramScript = document.createElement('script');\n   instagramScript.src = 'https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js';\n   instagramScript.async = true;\n   instagramScript.defer = true;\n   headElement.appendChild(instagramScript);\n  }\n })();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> &#8211; <br \/> The news<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medio-ambiente\/rayos-produce-radicales-hidroxilos-esperado-eso-muy-bueno-para-nuestra-atmosfera?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=01_May_2021\"><br \/>\n       <em> Lightning produces more hydroxyl radicals than expected and that is very good for our atmosphere <\/em><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      was originally published in<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=01_May_2021\"><br \/>\n       <strong> Xataka Science <\/strong><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n            by <a\n       href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/autor\/sergio-parra?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=01_May_2021\"><br \/>\n       Sergio Parra<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      . <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/xatakaciencia\/~4\/w9V6-ihzdXk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/2cee81\/lightning-1056419_640\/1024_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Los rayos produce m\u00e1s radicales hidroxilos de lo esperado y eso es muy bueno para nuestra atm\u00f3sfera\"><\/p>\n<p>Previously unobserved extreme amounts of atmospheric hydroxyl and hydroperoxyl radicals (HO2), which have been generated directly by lightning sparks, <strong>are involved in cleaning our atmosphere<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><\/p>\n<p>This is what it suggests <a href=\"https:\/\/news.psu.edu\/story\/656979\/2021\/04\/29\/research\/lightning-and-subvisible-discharges-produce-molecules-clean\">a new study<\/a> published in <em>Science<\/em>. These amounts are much higher than expected, and that&#039;s a good thing.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>OH controls toxic gases<\/h2>\n<p>We already knew that lightning increases the atmosphere&#039;s ability to clean itself by producing reactive nitric oxide (NO), which, through subsequent atmospheric chemistry, ultimately leads to the formation of atmospheric oxidants, including ozone ( O3) and hydroxyl radicals (OH).<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-normal\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lightning\" class=\"centro_sinmarco\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/fad67c\/lightning\/450_1000.jpg\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>OH is the most important oxidizing species in the atmosphere, controlling the concentrations of toxic and climate-relevant gases such as carbon monoxide and methane. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<p>According to the researchers, these quantities are several orders of magnitude <strong>above any previous measurement of atmospheric OH or HO2<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><\/p>\n<p>Although the results are uncertain, perhaps by a factor of ten, they suggest that the OH generated by lightning in all storms occurring globally at any given time could be responsible for <strong>between 2 and 16% of the oxidation capacity of the Earth&#039;s atmosphere<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 6 --><\/p>\n<p> &#8211; <br \/> The news<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medio-ambiente\/rayos-produce-radicales-hidroxilos-esperado-eso-muy-bueno-para-nuestra-atmosfera?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=01_May_2021\"><br \/>\n       <em> Lightning produces more hydroxyl radicals than expected and that is very good for our atmosphere <\/em><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      was originally published in<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=01_May_2021\"><br \/>\n       <strong> Xataka Science <\/strong><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n            by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/autor\/sergio-parra?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=01_May_2021\"><br \/>\n       Sergio Parra<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      . <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/xatakaciencia\/~4\/w9V6-ihzdXk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-38704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-portal-3"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38704"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38952,"href":"https:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38704\/revisions\/38952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}