ApocaDocs: Giant Asian smog cloud masks global warming impact-UN

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Posted Thu Nov 13 2008: from Reuters:


	Giant Asian smog cloud masks global warming impact-UN http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1226594753 A three-kilometre thick cloud of brown soot and other pollutants hanging over Asia is darkening cities, killing thousands and damaging crops but may be holding off the worst effects of global warming, the UN said on Thursday. The vast plume of contamination from factories, fires, cars and deforestation contains some particles that reflect sunlight away from the earth, cutting its ability to heat the earth... The amount of sunlight reaching earth through the murk has fallen by up to a quarter in the worst-affected areas and if the brown cloud disperses, global temperatures could rise by up to 2 degrees Celsius.

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