Aerosols, often emitted alongside greenhouse gases, can brighten clouds and cause significant cooling. However ... to the total aerosol indirect effect. Despite the wide range of thermodynamic ...

Aerosols that mainly scatter solar radiation have a cooling effect, by enhancing the total reflected solar radiation from the Earth. Strongly absorbing aerosols have a warming effect. In the ...

Climate researcher James Hansen estimates that "global dimming" is cooling our planet by more ... a different theory had a similar effect, when aerosol scientists warned that nuclear war could ...

These aerosols actually increase the amount of sunlight reflected away from Earth. In this way, they have a cooling effect on the planet – quite the opposite of greenhouse gases like carbon ...

Globally, the net aerosol cooling effect provided by aerosol particles scattering sunlight back to space partially offsets the warming impact of greenhouse gases. On a regional basis, light absorbing ...