A "smoky umbrella" blocked the sun's rays and worsened air pollution in New York and New Jersey during the event. Here's how.

Explore the return of sunlight after years of global dimming. Discover how air pollution reduction is affecting sunlight ...

Solar radiative energy declined in large parts of the world from the 1950s to the 1980s - known as "global dimming" - before ...

“These indicate declining solar radiative energy in large parts of the world from the 1950s to the 1980s — known as global ...

Air pollution has a "dramatic" impact on the amount of sunlight reaching Earth’s surface, reveals new research. Solar radiative energy declined in large parts of the world from the 1950s to the ...

"These indicate declining solar radiative energy in large parts of the world from the 1950s to the 1980s—known as global dimming—and a partial recovery thereafter, known as brightening ...

When smoke from Canadian wildfires turned New York City skies apocalyptically orange in June 2023, it delivered catastrophic air quality and an unexpected side effect: cooling the New York City region ...