Cutting Pollution = More Warming

[BNC Moderator]

Populations worldwide suffer from pollution induced illnesses but efforts to reduce pollution may result in greater and faster warming of the world's climate.Has such a conundrum made taking action on pollution in the environment easier for politician's to ignore? Which would be better for the health of the planet and its people - less pollution or less warming?

Pollution masked warming in eastern US in 20th century

Climate scientists at Harvard found that particulate pollution in the late 20th century allowed the effects of global warming in the region to be masked.

[anonposter]

I suspect we'd be better off with less pollution, at least if you've got the money to pay to adapt to global warming.

I doubt it's made taking action on global warming all that much different from a political point of view (though the possibility of global cooling looked at decades ago but dismissed (rather quickly too when it was shown it that warming would be what would happen) is still bought up by denialists who don't understand it or that science is based on evidence).

[David B. Benson]

Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year.  What’s Happening?
Delger Erdenesanaa
2024 Apr 10
The News York Times
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/climate/ocean-heat-records.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jU0.kTU6.7gu10ssXJIt3&smid=url-share

Ships no longer emit aerosols.  That is part of the answer.