Study: Asian Air Pollution Affecting Weather, Climate Patterns
From NASA and Texas A&M
Asia's growing air pollution - much of it coming from China - is affecting the world's weather and climate patterns, researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, have warned.
The extreme pollution from Asia affects cloud formations, precipitation, storm intensity and other factors and eventually impacts climate, according to a study by Texas A&M University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory researchers.
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Climate Change: The Chinaman is the issue here!