What effect do aerosols have on climate change?
It has a big role in climate balance. Studies suggest that increased aerosol loading may have changed the energy balance in the atmosphere and at the Earth's surface, and altered the global water cycle in ways that make the climate system more prone to precipitation.
Aerosol effects on clouds can make large changes in precipitation patterns. It can change the regional and global circulation systems.
Aerosols suppress precipitation. Aerosols decrease the amount of solar radiation that reaches the land surface. That makes less heat available for evaporating water. It mostly shuts off precipitation almost completely.
An example of the Urban Heat Island Effect is like how a city is a lot hotter in temperature than the urban areas around it.
