Decline in Aerosols Could Lead to More Heatwaves in Populated Areas

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3. Naturally it does

However, the pavement gets hot, because it is hit by sunlight.

Climate “skeptics” like to point to articles in the 70’s warning of “global cooling.” One of the causes:
https://time.com/archive/6878023/another-ice-age/

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Man, too, may be somewhat responsible for the cooling trend. The University of Wisconsin’s Reid A. Bryson and other climatologists suggest that dust and other particles released into the atmosphere as a result of farming and fuel burning may be blocking more and more sunlight from reaching and heating the surface of the earth.

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Back in 2001, a new president, who had campaigned as a “skeptic” called upon the National Academy of Sciences for guidance, and (among other things) learned:
https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/06/20010611-2.html

… our useful efforts to reduce sulfur emissions may have actually increased warming, because sulfate particles reflect sunlight, bouncing it back into space. …