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Blame It on the Aerosols

  • By AMS Staff
  • Jul 1, 2024

Q: When increasing greenhouse gases (GHGs) help to further heat Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, water evaporates more easily from the warmed seas and into the warmer air that can hold more water vapor, which should lead to more precipitation. Why then have many studies not clearly shown twentieth-century precipitation increases in concert with GHG levels?

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