The atmosphere can mask the real consequences of climate change

It's no mystery that people have made big changes to Earth and its atmosphere.

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As greenhouse gases in the air and the common surface temperature of our planet increased, a lesser-recognized phenomenon increased.

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Earth's environment has gotten much dustier since the days before business.

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And it's possible that all those more particles are subtly working to combat several outcomes of climate change

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cooling the planet a bit, according to an observational assessment published Tuesday in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.

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According to the new assessment, results for atmospheric dust are missing from almost all meteorological research

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That is, those modes may also underestimate warming related to human-caused climate change

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And if the environment becomes much less dusty, we may want to see that rapid increase in temperature.

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