Why human-generated aerosols can affect our weather
Discover why the rise of human-generated pollution is forcing a change in ocean circulation in the Southern Hemisphere and in turn affecting our region’s weather systems. (5:30)
- 24 January 2008 | Updated 23 November 2011
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In new research published in Geophysical Research Letters, CSIRO’s Dr Wenju Cai and Mr Tim Cowan found that changes in ocean circulation due to human generated pollution in turn influence our weather systems.
They have found the changes are partially responsible for a southward shift of these systems away from southern Australia and other mid-latitude regions.
In this podcast, Mr Tim Cowan explains how aerosols cool the Northern Hemisphere’s ocean surface, which induces a hemispheric imbalance.
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