Aerosols are tiny particles, both liquid and solid, in the atmosphere that come from both human and natural processes. Aerosols reflect sunlight out of the atmosphere and cool the surface of the earth. Aerosols also help form clouds that last longer and reflect more light as well (Hardin, Kahn). I predict that aerosols will continue to help cool earth's surface and if the amount of aerosols increase so will the amount of clouds and earth's cooling. The problem is scientist can get a general amount of of aerosols but has no way to discover which particles lead to what change in climate as of yet. Plus they have no way of knowing where particular particles come from and have no way to increase/decrease accordingly.
Works Cited
Nasa Observatory; Aerosols and Climate Change; Mary Hardin and Ralph Kahn
