And, to complicate matters even further, the particles of ship exhaust can influence cloud development in ways that can also affect the climate. (earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
A research team at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the University of Maryland, Beijing Normal University, Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem found that increases in air pollution's tiny particles in the atmosphere have a strong influence on cloud development, which affects weather and climate. (pnnl.gov)