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Old 10-12-2024, 12:28 PM
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The only problem with that logic is if the air is more polluted less sunlight, hence less heat, would get through the atmosphere. So the seas wouldn't be warmer. They'd be cooler. Must be that our atmosphere is too clean!
The pollution rises to the upper atmosphere causing a layer to form that reflects (refracts is more accurate) solar heat waves back to the earth. To check on this read about the tundra melting in Alaska and Russia.