Connection Found Between Pollution and Drought, Floods and Storms (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Connection Found Between Pollution and Drought, Floods and Storms

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This graphic created by a University of Maryland-led team of researchers, illustrates their new finding that increases in air pollution and other particulate matter in the atmosphere can strongly affect cloud development in ways that reduce precipitation in dry regions or seasons, while increasing rain, snowfall and the intensity of severe storms in wet regions or seasons.

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University of Maryland

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