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Humans across the globe are connected now more than ever before; actions
taken on one continent can affect people on another. Now, scientists from
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and the California Institute of Technology
(CIT) are showing this is true even for weather.
New research out of JPL and CIT reveals that during our cold-weather season,
pollution in China is altering weather patterns in the United States and
other parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Jonathan H. Jiang, a JPL research
scientist, explained to weather.com what this means.
“During the wintertime, human-induced pollution such as coal burning in
many Asian cities can create smog that lasts for weeks,” he wrote in an e-
mail. “Under favorable wind conditions, pollution particles can be
transported downwind across the North Pacific, where winter storms are
prevalent.” |
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