claim: Global brightening is caused by changes in cloud cover, reflective aerosols and absorbing aerosols.
evidences.evidence_id: Black carbon:152
evidences.article: Black carbon
evidences.evidence: In addition to black carbon, fossil fuel and biofuel soot contain aerosols and particulate matter that cool the planet by reflecting the sun's radiation away from the Earth.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Black carbon:28
evidences.article: Black carbon
evidences.evidence: A purely scattering aerosol will reflect energy that would normally be absorbed by the earth-atmosphere system back to space and leads to a cooling effect.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Global dimming:8
evidences.article: Global dimming
evidences.evidence: Aerosols and other particulates absorb solar energy and reflect sunlight back into space.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS REFUTES SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Global dimming:85
evidences.article: Global dimming
evidences.evidence: The particles reflect and absorb sunlight, less sun rays reach Earth surface layers, thus resulting in cooler water and land surface temperatures, and also less cloud formation, subsequently dampening the development of hurricanes.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Global warming:82
evidences.article: Global warming
evidences.evidence: Solid and liquid particles known as aerosols – from volcanoes, plankton, and human-made pollutants – reflect incoming sunlight, cooling the climate.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS REFUTES REFUTES