Showing posts with label Science at the intersection of air quality and climate change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science at the intersection of air quality and climate change. Show all posts
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Science at the intersection of air quality and climate change
The atmosphere is a stew of gases and particles. Some affect climate.Others degrade air quality and threaten human health. Some do both. Some do neither. Many of them interact with and affect one other. Ozone, for example, causes respiratory problems near the surface, but also functions as a greenhouse gas. Black carbon aerosol particles do the same, and also contribute to heart disease. Other
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