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Pollution From Asia Affects US Climate

Posted by Soulskill on from the almost-as-if-we-share-a-planet dept.

sciencehabit writes "China and India are some of the world's top polluters, with countless cars, factories, and households belching more than 2 million metric tons of carbon soot and other dark pollutants into the air every year. The pall hanging over the region has come to be known as 'the Asian brown cloud.' These pollutants aren't just bad news for the countries themselves. A new study reveals that they can affect climate thousands of kilometers away, warming the United States by up to 0.4C by 2024, while cooling other regions (abstract)."

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  1. Re:What blows around comes around by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Duh...Kyoto Treaty...which the US would have signed if China and India had been subject to the same pollution constraints.

    Duh... China and India didn't go along with it.

    So what was your point again?