Isotopic evidence for acidity-driven enhancement of sulfate formation after SO 2 emission control

• Published in: Science Advances
• Main Authors: Hattori, Shohei, Iizuka, Yoshinori, Alexander, Becky, Ishino, Sakiko, Fujita, Koji, Zhai, Shuting, Sherwen, Tomás, Oshima, Naga, Uemura, Ryu, Yamada, Akinori, Suzuki, Nozomi, Matoba, Sumito, Tsuruta, Asuka, Savarino, Joel, Yoshida, Naohiro
• Other Authors: NSF Office of the Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Hokkaido University
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2021
• Subjects: ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd4610; https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abd4610; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.abd4610

Observed 17 O excess of ice core sulfate suggests recent changes in sulfate production pathways due to lower acidity.