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Meanwhile (apparently) 'removing aerosols induces a global mean surface heating of 0.5–1.1°C.' https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017GL07
by krona 3y ago
Meanwhile (apparently) 'removing aerosols induces a global mean surface heating of 0.5–1.1°C.' https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017GL076079 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/201...
So the effect of cleaner air is more warming, but less snow melt? Probably not.
- foofoo55 3y agoAs usual it's complicated, and it depends on which study you pick, and which model and parameters the researchers used. This study suggests that more anthropogenic sulfate aerosols in the air (usually from burning coal and other fossil fuels) could cool Artic summers from low clouds but warm Artic winters due to high clouds: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2021.766538/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2021.7665...