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 Silver lining? [1]

aerosols are mitigating the effects of global warming over the South Asian region, including India. This was the finding of a new study conducted by researchers from the Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (iitm) and San Diego-based Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The study proves that though India's summer temperatures continue to increase, as is the case with many other regions, winter temperatures in the country have been dipping over the past 30 years, coinciding with an aerosol build-up. The researchers claim that winter temperatures in India are 0.3

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
Down to Earth [2]
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Pollution [3], Air Pollution [4], Solar Radiation [5], Aerosols [6], Global Warming [7], Environmental Science [8], Research [9], India [10], Delhi [11]
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