Climate science: The aerosol effect

Bjorn Stevens (1) , Olivier Boucher (2)

1 MPI-M - Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
2 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)

Anthropogenic aerosols in the atmosphere undoubtedly influence climate. But do the approaches taken in climate models to account for the effects of aerosols provide meaningful estimates of those effects? Two climate scientists offer their opinions.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Climatology

Bjorn Stevens, Olivier Boucher. Climate science: The aerosol effect. Nature, 2012, 490 (7418), pp.40-41. ⟨10.1038/490040a⟩. ⟨hal-01116879⟩