Our current understanding of the impact of aerosols on climate change.
Aerosols constitute a climate and health risk via both direct and indirect effects. In this Viewpoint, recent developments in aerosol research and available instrumentation are discussed in the context of environmental change.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0314, USA. kprather@ucsd.edu
Kimberly A
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D000336:Aerosols / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000397:Air Pollution; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D035501:Uncertainty
D000336:Aerosols; D002245:Carbon Dioxide