More on Global Dimming

Posted by michael on Thursday May 13, 2004 @04:56AM from the future's-so-dark-I-don't-need-to-wear-shades dept.

dtolman writes "According to the New York Times (registration required) if the world seemed brighter to our grandparents 50 years ago, they were right. While the sun's output hasn't dropped, the amount of sunshine reaching the Earth's surface has dropped an average of 10% since the 1950's. In Hong Kong, the sunlight reaching the surface has decreased even more - 37%! Scientists are theorizing that this is mainly due to air pollution - so this trend might reverse if air pollution clears up." We had a another story on global dimming last year.

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Just 'cuz it hasn't been studied ... by magefile · 2004-05-13 05:03 · Score: 0, Offtopic

doesn't mean it ain't true. The only question in my mind is: are humans actually getting dumber, or is technology increasing the consequences of our inanity?

It's a heck of a lot worse to, say, invade a country on another continent than to attack a neighboring village.
Re:Let's just get this out of the way... by Tablizer · 2004-05-13 05:18 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Typo Correction:

(so sex jokes please)

Should be "(No sex jokes please)"

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