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- noun Plural form of
microbubble .
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Such "microbubbles" are essentially "mirrors made of air," says Seitz, and they might be created off boats by using devices that mix water supercharged with compressed air into swirling jets of water.
Fast Company Ariel Schwartz 2010
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Harvard University scientist Russel Seitz's proposal is to use ships to pump tiny "microbubbles," about 0.05 mm in diameter, into the sea as they travel, in a strategy he terms "Bright Water".
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Harvard University scientist Russel Seitz's proposal is to use ships to pump tiny "microbubbles," about 0.05 mm in diameter, into the sea as they travel, in a strategy he terms "Bright Water".
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Such "microbubbles" are essentially "mirrors made of air," says Seitz, and they might be created off boats by using devices that mix water supercharged with compressed air into swirling jets of water.
Fast Company Ariel Schwartz 2010
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Harvard University scientist Russel Seitz's proposal is to use ships to pump tiny "microbubbles," about 0.05 mm in diameter, into the sea as they travel, in a strategy he terms "Bright Water".
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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These ideas include shooting reflective particles into the upper atmosphere or creating "microbubbles" in ocean water that would act as giant mirrors to reflect more sunlight back into space.
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Seitz claims that his computer models show that microbubbles could potentially double the reflectivity of water at one part per million by volume, cooling the planet by up to 3 degrees Celsius.
Fast Company Ariel Schwartz 2010
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Signals consistent with microbubbles detected in legs of normal human subjects after exercise.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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Seitz claims that his computer models show that microbubbles could potentially double the reflectivity of water at one part per million by volume, cooling the planet by up to 3 degrees Celsius.
Fast Company Ariel Schwartz 2010
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The latest proposal comes from Harvard physicist Russel Seitz, who thinks we should pump tiny bubbles, or microbubbles, into the ocean to lower temperatures and increase reflectivity. explains:
Fast Company Ariel Schwartz 2010
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