Li said the study's findings should further spur countries like China and India to
cut aerosol emissions so they reduce pollution and thereby increase their solar electricity generation more rapidly, in addition to the already known health benefits.
Not exact matches
Most projections say tighter regulations, cleaner sources of electricity and higher - mileage vehicles will
cut industrial
emissions enough by the end of this century that farm
emissions will be starved of the other ingredients necessary to create
aerosols, she said.
Beyond reducing the volume of acidic particles in
aerosols,
cutting the sulfur
emissions has also reduced the deposition of acids in lakes and waterways, noted Armistead «Ted» Russell, a Regent's Professor in Georgia Tech's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and another of the paper's co-authors.
But the health effects of many
aerosols in smog are so great that even in the poor world, they are already
cutting emissions.»
In a 1998 paper, Caldeira called the
aerosol approach «a promising strategy,» although he argued that
emissions cuts remain «the most prudent» course of action.