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Science 9 June 1967:
Vol. 156. no. 3780, pp. 1358 - 1359
DOI: 10.1126/science.156.3780.1358
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Climate Modification by Atmospheric Aerosols

Robert A. McCormick 1 and John H. Ludwig 1

1 National Center for Air Pollution Control. Cincinnati, Ohio 45226

Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence indicate that atmospheric turbidity, a function of aerosol loading, is an important factor in the heat balance of the earth-atmosphere system. Turbidity increase over the past few decades may be primarily responsible for the decrease in worldwide air temperatures since the 1940's.


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