A number of extreme weather events, from cold snaps to storms, have hit the US in recent years and though climate change is the usual suspect, NASA physicists believe they’ve identified a new source of trouble.
A number of extreme weather events, from cold snaps to storms, have hit the US in recent years and though climate change is the usual suspect, NASA physicists believe there's another source of trouble.
Pollution in China may be playing a hand in the elements’ odd behaviors.
Johnathan Jiang, who works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told NPR that, "Over the past 30 years or so, man-made emission centers have shifted from traditional industrialized countries to fast, developing countries in Asia."
The particles produced there rise into the atmosphere and get picked up by the jet stream.
Once globally airborne, they can impact cloud development and storm systems.
Among the most significant that are intensified by the pollu
