Originally Posted at: http://tamutimes.tamu.edu/2014/01/21/asian-air-pollution-affecting-worlds-weather/#.Uubl5PuIZki January 21, 2014 Asian Air Pollution Affecting World’s Weather Extreme air pollution in Asia is affecting the world’s weather and climate patterns, according to a study by Texas A&M University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory researchers. Yuan Wang, a former doctoral student at Texas A&M, along with Texas A&M atmospheric sciences professors Renyi Zhang and R. Saravanan, have had their findings published in the current issue of Nature Communications. Satellite photo shows huge air pollution clouds at far left. Japan is on the right. (Photo: NASA JPL) Using climate models and data collected about aerosols and meteorology over the past 30 years, the researchers found that air pollution over Asia – much of it coming from China – is impacting global air circulations. “The models clearly show that pollution originating from Asia ...
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