Study finds increased air pollution can worsen both drought and flooding
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 3, 2012
We attribute the effect, which is most significant in summer, to an aerosol-induced invigoration of upward winds. In polluted air, more and smaller drops are formed. The rain that is withheld in moist, polluted, deep clouds freezes at higher altitudes to form ice crystals or even hail. —Prof. Daniel Rosenfeld.
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