Clouds Showing Effects of Pollution (IMAGE)

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Clouds Showing Effects of Pollution

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Smoke from agricultural fires suppresses rainfall from a cloud over the Amazon (right). A similar size cloud (left) rains heavily on the same day some distance away in the pristine air.

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Hebrew University photo

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