Pine Forest Vapor Particles Can Limit Climate Change

Solo-Malee writes "New research suggests a strong link between the powerful smell of pine trees and climate change. Scientists say they've found a mechanism by which these scented vapors turn into aerosols above boreal forests. These particles promote cooling by reflecting sunlight back into space and helping clouds to form."

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Complicated

[tsa]

The world keeps amazing us because the way it works is ever more complicated than we thought.

Mother Nature Seems To Love Irony

[Freshly Exhumed]

The blight of the Mountain Pine Beetle has caused collosal damage to the pine forests of western North America, thwarting any supposed vapor particle limitation of climate change:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Re:Freebreeze to the rescue

[taiwanjohn]

weve already been warned that GLOBAL warming causes LOCALIZED cooling.

FTFY.

Seriously, what about the polar vortex don't you understand? Although the eastern USA had historic lows last month, the global average temperature was the hottest January on record.

If you really want to understand how the science works (which I doubt), watch Peter Hadfield's excellent series of YouTube videos. He cuts through the hype on both sides of the debate. This should be required viewing for policy makers and "armchair experts" alike.

It's also fairly entertaining.