Ever since climate change became a primary global concern, people have been thinking up of ways on how to counteract it and prevent further global warming. There have been measures to reduce carbon emissions and other anthropogenic emissions that could affect the ozone layer. While all of that is happening, a group of scientists have been focused on studying cloud formations, since we have found how clouds have a dual effect of reflecting sunlight but also trapping heat that's melting the icebergs.
Lubna Dada, an atmospheric scientist, is now concerned about natural emissions and how they affect the climate. Particularly, her team found that trees have been releasing chemicals that factor greatly into the formation of clouds. And this has caused quite a stir in our climate models. With this finding, we need to recalculate the effect that these natural emissions have on the ozone layer and subsequently, the climate. Read about the vapors trees emit that are messing up climate calculations on Wired.
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