Source: The Aerosol Society - Extending knowledge of airborne particles

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Measures to reduce air pollution could make heatwaves worse, study suggests - The Aerosol Society

  2023-10-07 (or before) in The Aerosol Society - Extending knowledge of airborne particles

An unintended negative consequence of cleaning up our air could be to increase the severity of heatwaves in some places, according to a recent modelling study conducted by researchers at the University of Edinburgh. Whilst most observers recognise the pressing need to reduce ambient air pollution for health reasons, the reduction in production of aerosol at ground level, which can act as cloud condensation nuclei when transported into the atmosphere, mean that average daytime maximum temperatures would be increased.

  Tagged under: Heatwaves | Health

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