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Tiny but Mighty

NASA's Curious Universe

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The Role of Aerosols in Climate Change

This chapter discusses the impact of aerosols on climate change, including the reduction of ship-track clouds due to regulations on sulfur emissions. It highlights the complexity of aerosols' effect on warming, as thick cloud cover can also absorb and trap heat. The chapter concludes with the introduction of the TEMPO mission and its collaboration with the PACE satellite to study aerosols and their impact on thunderstorms and global warming.

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