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Aerosol Introduction Trading Card


The NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center has developed this set of trading cards to help students understand why atmospheric aerosols have a direct and indirect effect on the Earth's climate.

Aerosols scatter sunlight back into space, and change how clouds reflect and absorb sunlight.

Did you know that volcanic aerosols, desert dust, and human-made aerosols affect the Earth's climate?

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Introduction Trading Card.

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