China getting Darker
Every decade, solar radiation is decreasing by 2% in China since 1954. This means it’s roughly 10% darker now than it was there, due to pollutants in the atmosphere. Livescience writes:
Eliminating clouds from the dimming equation leaves little doubt that fossil fuel emissions, which have increased by nine-fold in the past half-century, is blanketing China in a foggy haze that absorbs and deflects sunlight, the researchers say.
Isn’t it a scary idea to be living in a country pushing out so many fossil fuel pollutants that the air is literally getting thicker, darker, and harder to breath every minute? Is this the cost of rapid industrialization? Why can’t China just skip the “mistake” of using fossil fuels and go straight to hybrid/electric transportation, or efficient mass transportation?
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