Could Cleaning Up Air Pollution Actually Speed Up Global Warming?
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 17:21
in Earth & Climate
Do plants prefer the hazy skies brought on by pollution to the clean atmosphere envisioned by environmentalists, regulators and the public? That's the implication of a new study of exactly how much plants, ranging from broadleaf trees to grasses, have been benefiting from the pollution brought on by the particles--from soot to sulfur dioxide molecules--that burning fossil fuels leaves in the air. [More]