Improved air quality accelerates global warming in recent decades

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Professor Johannes Quaas, a meteorologist at Leipzig University, is lead author
Professor Johannes Quaas, a meteorologist at Leipzig University, is lead author of the study. Photo: Universität Leipzig

An international research team led by Leipzig University has used satellite data to demonstrate that concentrations of pollutant particles have decreased significantly since the year 2000. This is necessary due to their impact on health. But it is also of great significance for another reason, since it has reduced the particles- cooling effect on the climate. The study findings have been published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

lobal warming is caused by the emission of greenhouse gases. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), by 2019 the temperature had risen by 1.1 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. ...

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