CHINA'S POLLUTION HARMING THE WEST COAST OF USA [+] serious ballot by Kev24 created Thu Aug 02, 07 Huge Dust Plumes From China Cause Changes in Climate One tainted export from China can't be avoided in North America -- air. An outpouring of dust layered with man-made sulfates, smog, industrial fumes, carbon grit and nitrates is crossing the Pacific Ocean on prevailing winds from booming Asian economies in plumes so vast they alter the climate. These rivers of polluted air can be wider than the Amazon and deeper than the Grand Canyon. "There are times when it covers the entire Pacific Ocean basin like a ribbon bent back and forth," said atmospheric physicist V. Ramanathan at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif. On some days, almost a third of the air over Los Angeles and San Francisco can be traced directly to Asia. With it comes up to three-quarters of the black carbon particulate pollution that reaches the West Coast, Dr. Ramanathan and his colleagues recently reported in the Journal of Geophysical Research. This transcontinental pollution is part of a growing global traffic in dust and aerosol particles made worse by drought and deforestation, said Steven Cliff, who studies the problem at the University of California at Davis. Asia is the world's largest source of aerosols, man-made and natural. Once aloft, the plumes can circle the world in three weeks. "In a very real and immediate sense, you can look at a dust event you are breathing in China and look at this same dust as it tracks across the Pacific and reaches the United States," said climate analyst Jeff Stith at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado. "It is a remarkable mix of natural and man-made particles." so china's toxic air accounts for 1/3 of the pollution in los angeles and in about 3 weeks, their export of poison can cirlce the globe. do you now think it was cool to let china off the hook and not make them sign the kyoto accord? or do hypocrits still think they can defend china not having to sign it? tell us what you think. china should have to sign and adhere to the kyoto accord china should not have to sign or adhere to the kyoto accord i like china's filthy air. it's so sex to breath in their toxins i'll comment below Ballot #116657 : SEE RESULTS Comment: Register to submit comments You may still vote without registration show your vote with comment?

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