Q: I’ve heard of global warming, of course, but what on Earth is “global dimming?” A: Global dimming is a less known but real phenomenon resulting from atmospheric pollution. The burning of fossil ...

Stepping into a "minefield" about how to slow global warming, scientists in developing nations have won new funds to study ...

Robyn Williams: Did you see the Four Corners program about global dimming: the idea that pollution forms a blanket over the Earth and has masked the effects of climate change until recently? Well a ...

"Dimming the Sun" investigates the discovery that the sunlight reaching Earth has been growing dimmer, which may seem surprising given all the international concern over global warming. At first ...

From the abstract of the lead paper by Martin Wild: Recent evidence suggests that solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface has not been constant over time but has undergone substantial variations ...

Feb. 9, 2006 — -- Scientists have long argued that human activity may be warming the Earth through a process known as the greenhouse effect. Now studies show we may also be having a different ...

Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Q: I’ve ...

I’ve heard of global warming, of course, but what on Earth is “global dimming?” Max S. Seattle, Wash. Global dimming is a less well-known but real phenomenon resulting from atmospheric pollution. The ...

As if I wasn’t already freaked out enough about the planet’s future, my sister just mentioned something called “global dimming.” I’m not too sure what this is, but it sounds ominous. Is this dimming ...

Robyn Williams: A few weeks ago, do you remember this startling Four Corners program about Global Dimming - here's a reminder. Four Corners excerpt, Narrator: Between the 1950s and the early 1990s, ...

Global dimming is defined as the decrease in the amounts of solar radiation reaching the surface of the Earth. The by-product of fossil fuels are tiny particles or pollutants which absorb solar energy ...