Fall in pea souper fogs has led to increase in global warming

Jan. 18, 2009
Pea souper fogs those veils of ground level cloud that gave atmosphere to Sherlock Holmes movies have halved in thirty years triggering up to a fifth of global warming across Europe new research shows.
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