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Indian Monsoons Affected by Dust Heating the Air in Africa

2014-03-18 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: Dust generated in North and West Africa can have a big impact on monsoons in India, according to new research published in Nature Geoscience. Phil Rasch of the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory carried out the research with his colleagues, finding that as dust in the air absorbs sunlight west of India, it warms the air and strengthens the winds that carry moisture eastward. This results in more intense monsoon rainfall in India about a week later, according to the...

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