What happened to the particulates from the Kuwait oilfield fires?

MadSci Network: Environment & Ecology

Subject: What happened to the particulates from the Kuwait oilfield fires?

Date: Wed Nov 29 01:16:00 2000
Posted by Madelyn
Grade level: nonaligned School: greatgrandmother
City: Victoria State/Province: B.C. Country: Canada
Area of science: Environment & Ecology
ID: 975478560.En

Message:


I feel concerned when I see the black smoke from diesel engines in road 
vehicles, and I wonder what became of the "debris" from the deliberately 
set fires during "Desert Storm"  Do the particles fall to the ground?  Can 
our atmosphere "clean" itself?  What happens to all the insults we fling 
at our atmosphere?

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