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Satellite data enable first global estimate of aerosol cloud cooling
- February 27, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Particles in the atmosphere, known as aerosols, cool the climate by acting as cloud condensation nuclei. The more cloud droplets form around these particles, the less sunlight penetrates a cloud. This cools the climate, although this process is outweighed by the much stronger greenhouse effect.
Originally published at Phys.org