Artist concept of aerosols reflecting light. Aerosols can influence climate directly by either reflecting or absorbing the sun’s radiation as it moves through the atmosphere. The tiny airborne particles enter the atmosphere from sources such as industrial pollution, volcanoes and residential cooking stoves. Credit: NASA Goddard’s Scientific Visualization Studio Read the entire article: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/warming_aerosols.html
Climate Committee member Dave Beebe sent this image to us awhile back and when fellow committee member Switgard Duesterloh sent us this article, it seemed that posting it here was in order. Thank you all for your submissions of important climate-related content. Coming soon: an update of the status of federal climate legislation.
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June 4, 2009 at 11:18 am
Lisa
That is a nice visual. Good illustrations and pictures can really help people understand the problems we face. Hopefully in understanding the problems we can then generate solutions.
May 27, 2010 at 8:18 am
Neva Doyle
If only more people would read about this..