Topic: Aerosols

Aerosols are tiny solid or liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere that can influence cloud formation and have significant impacts on the Earth's climate.

More on: Aerosols

The podcast episodes provided focus on the role of aerosols in influencing cloud formation and the Earth's climate system.

In the first episode, How aerosols brighten clouds - and cool the planet | Sarah J. Doherty, atmospheric scientist Sarah Doherty discusses how aerosols, while contributing to air pollution, also have the unintended consequence of cooling the climate by reflecting sunlight away from the Earth's surface.

The second episode, The Intelligence: Undoing PiS poor laws, also delves into the role of aerosols in climate modeling and their impact on improving our understanding of the climate system.

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