ApocaDocs: Surprising Clouds Forming Due to Lead in Air

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Posted Mon Apr 20 2009: from National Geographic News:


	Surprising Clouds Forming Due to Lead in Air http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1240242878 Lead in the air is causing clouds where there shouldn't be any "in conditions typically too warm and dry for cloud formation," according to scientists who've "bottled" clouds and even grown their own. Driven mainly by industrial lead-dust emissions, lead-heavy clouds could change weather patterns and might actually help fight global warming, the study suggests. Researchers collected cloud samples atop a Swiss mountain and found that about half of their ice crystals contained lead... As our world warms and becomes drier, these leaded clouds may drive unpredictable changes in rain and snowfall...

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