COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Increased air pollution can worsen both droughts and flooding simultaneously in different regions by strongly affecting cloud development. U.S. researchers say.
University of Maryland researchers say their study found clear evidence of how aerosols -- soot, dust and other small particles in the atmosphere -- can affect weather and climate, reducing precipitation in dry regions or seasons while increasing rain, snowfall and the intensity of severe storms in wet regions or seasons.