Solid particles suspended in the atmosphere have long played second fiddle to greenhouse gases as agents of climate change. A study of atmospheric heating over the Indian Ocean could provoke a rethink.
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Pilewskie, P. Aerosols heat up. Nature 448, 541–542 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/448541a
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