Analysis of decades of mitigation efforts in Los Angeles demonstrates that air quality in megacities can be greatly improved.
aerosols & particles
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Developing Climate Model Comparisons
Experimental Design for CMIP6: Aerosols, Land Use, and Future Scenarios;
Aspen, Colorado, 4–8 August 2014
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Black Carbon Reductions in the Arctic Tied to Declining Emissions
Researchers track the presence of black carbon above the Arctic Circle.
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Large Volcanic Eruptions Cause Drought in Eastern China
In a study with implications for geoengineering, large Northern Hemispheric volcanic eruptions are found to cause strong droughts in much of eastern China.
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Crop Residue Burning: A Threat to South Asian Air Quality
Smoke from the residues, burned during October and November to ready fields for next year’s planting, emanate from Punjab, a region spanning northwestern India and eastern Pakistan.
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Proposed Satellite Would Improve Study of Cloud Physics
Researchers propose a new satellite that would help scientists study how cloud physics is affected by aerosols.