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Cooler forests in clean air

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Improving air quality by reducing atmospheric aerosols can bring valuable health benefits, but also generally leads to warming. Now, research suggests that in cleaner air the local cooling effect of planting trees may be stronger in middle and low latitude regions.

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Fig. 1: Afforestation and pollution reduction projects are being implemented in many countries worldwide.

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Chen, L. Cooler forests in clean air. Nat. Geosci. 16, 758–759 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01253-9

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