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  • 1Cloud condensation nuclei — Aerosol pollution over Northern India and Bangladesh NASA Cloud condensation nuclei or CCNs (also known as cloud seeds) are small particles typically 0.2 µm, or 1/100 th the size of a cloud droplet [1]) about which cloud droplets coalesce. Water… …

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  • 2cloud — n 1. haze, vapor, mist, steam, fog, Inf. pea soup; nebula, nebulosity, smoke, smog, soot, dust, puff; smoke screen, dust storm. 2. pall, shroud, mantle, cloak, veil, screen, shade, shadow, cover. 3. blur, smudge, smear, smutch, smirch; blotch,… …

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  • 3Mushroom cloud — created by smoke billows Ascending cloud from Redoubt Vol …

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  • 4smog — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, [weather] inversion. See cloudiness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pollution, air pollution, fog, haze, fumes, exhaust, mist, dirty fog, smoke haze, smaze; see also fog 1 . See Synonym Study at… …

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  • 5Global warming — This article is about the change in climate Earth is currently experiencing. For general discussion of how Earth s climate can change, see Climate change …

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  • 6Global dimming — is the gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth s surface that was observed for several decades after the start of systematic measurements in 1950s. The effect varies by location, but worldwide it has been… …

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  • 7Nuclear winter — For other uses, see Nuclear winter (disambiguation). Nuclear weapons History Warfare Arms race Design Testing …

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  • 8Weather control — is the act of manipulating or altering certain aspects of the environment to produce desirable changes in weather.History of weather controlSome American Indians had rituals which they believed could induce rain. The Finnish people, on the other… …

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  • 9Aviation and the environment — Aviation impacts the environment because aircraft engines emit noise, particulates, gases, contribute to climate change cite web|url = http://www.icao.int/icao/en/env/aee.htm|title = Aircraft Engine Emissions |accessdate = 2008 03 19|last =… …

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  • 10environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …

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