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Aerosols vs GreenHouse Gases

2013-01-18 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environmental News Network: Theres a tricky chemical trade-off at work in our skies. As greenhouse gases provide their famous warming effect to Earths surface, aerosol pollution in the atmosphere actually partly counteracts it. Aerosols are tiny particles suspended in the air, both natural and industrial, including sea salt, mineral dust, ash, soot, sulphates, nitrates, and black carbon. They hang around in the air for around 10 days, scattering and absorbing radiation from the sun. Aerosols also provide nuclei for water...

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