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What makes these influences so hard to sort out is that they interact in complex ways. Some scientists think that any global heating will be eased by the buildup of clouds, which tend to block sunlight. Indeed, a recent study showed an increase in nightly minimum temperatures over the past decade but little increase in daily maximums -- precisely what you would expect if clouds were cooling the earth by day (by blocking sunlight) and warming the earth at night (by trapping heat...
...latest twist in the global-warming equation involves the effects of the tiny droplets of sulfuric acid that gather in the atmosphere wherever fossil fuels are burned. These droplets help reflect sunlight, counteracting the effects of greenhouse gases. But the cooling may not be concentrated in exactly the same place as the heating, says Stephen Schneider, a climatologist at Stanford. He notes that unlike greenhouse gases, which disperse rapidly around the globe, the sulfate droplets tend to concentrate over industrialized regions -- the U.S., Europe, the former Soviet Union. The result, he says, may be a localized skewing of the weather...
...story told by an Israeli army colonel while driving through blinding sunlight from the Dead Sea to the Jordan River...
...bawdy, Fourteen Sisters is also beautiful, reflective and wise. Particularly memorable is the birth of Emilio, who "descended out of the heaven of his mother's womb, through clouds of Cuban and Irish humors, slipping into this feminine universe at half past ten in an upstairs bedroom brilliant with sunlight, surrounded by the chatting, nervous, delighted, and overwhelming female presences that were his sisters...
According to Schwoegler, sunlight can stimulate trees to release more pollen, and winds 10 and 20 m.p.h. are the allergen's favorite conditions. Winds much stronger than 20 m.p.h. carry the pollen into the upper atmosphere, far away from the beleaguered lungs of sufferers...