Climate change is likely to offset some of the improvements in air quality expected from reductions in pollutant emissions. A comprehensive analysis of future air quality over North America suggests that, on balance, the air will still be cleaner in coming decades.
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Hogrefe, C. Emissions versus climate change. Nature Geosci 5, 685–686 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1591
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