Aerosols cloud the climate picture

New work suggests scientists and policy makers can't ignore interactions between greenhouse gases and light-scattering particles

Modeling the climate just got a little more complex. A new simulation that considers chemical interactions between various gases and atmospheric aerosols is giving scientists and policy makers better estimates of the climate-altering effects of those gases, scientists report.

AEROSOLS CLOUD THE CLIMATE PICTURE New work reveals how greenhouse gases interact with aerosols, components of this haze over Los Angeles.