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Reduced air pollution causes global warming. So says new research. Keep driving that SUV and fire up the wood stove.

From a BBC article::

The decline in Soviet industry and clean air laws in western countries apparently reduced concentrations of aerosols, tiny particles, in the atmosphere. These aerosols may block solar radiation directly, or help clouds to form which in turn constitute a barrier; or both effects may occur.

The reversal of "global dimming" has been proposed in some circles as an alternative explanation for climatic change, removing the need to invoke human emissions of greenhouse gases.

-Godshatter

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Normally, I like Borders and often find their tech sections to be particularly well-stocked. According to SamizData they are yanking the next issue of "Free Inquiry" because the issue will carry the super-lame motoons. This is cowardice on a level that requires a committee. Sorry but until they earn back their white feathers of cowardice, they get no more of my hard-earned cash. OK, I'm not sorry except in sense that it should not have come to this.

More at Whizbang.

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