Earth’s growing heat imbalance driven more by clouds than air pollution, study finds (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Earth’s growing heat imbalance driven more by clouds than air pollution, study finds

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Fig. 1. Decadal trends (2003–2023) and monthly anomalies in the natural logarithm of aerosol proxies. (A) Spatial maps of trends in the natural logarithm of the aerosol index (AI) from MODIS satellite and (B) sulfate aerosol mass concentration at 925 hPa (SO4) from MERRA-2 reanalysis for the period 2003–2023. (C–E) Vertical profiles of ln(SO4) monthly anomalies over the boxed regions in (B): (C) East Asia, (D) North America, and (E) the Southeastern Pacific. The dashed line in each panel represents the 925 hPa pressure level.

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Park, Soden. University of Miami Rosenstiel School

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