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Say What? Smoggy Skies Slow Climate Change?

Say What? Smoggy Skies Slow Climate Change?Posted by alittle on December 22, 2005 - 9:15pm.

Here's a conversation starter for you (try it out at the dinner table this holiday season… or maybe not): According to a new study published in the science magazine, Nature, air pollution may actually deter global warming and clean air may accelerate it. Bollocks, you say? Well it actually makes sense: Particulates in the atmosphere (called aerosols) caused by smokestacks, charcoal grills and other human activities, absorb and diffuse sunlight, thereby having a cooling effect.



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