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High and Dry: Pollution may stifle mountain precipitation

By Sid Perkins

- More than 2 years ago

Trends seen in meteorological data gathered on a Chinese mountaintop suggest that air pollution reduces the amount of precipitation that falls at high-altitude sites.

NO UMBRELLAS TODAY. Hazy conditions atop China’s Mount Hua may stifle precipitation there as much as 30 percent, a new study of long-term weather data suggests.