Indian aerosol pollution stimulates tropical cyclones over Arabian Sea – because of monsoon disturbance

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

White sulfur aerosols cool the climate; black carbon soot warms the climate. So when you mix the two kinds of aerosol pollution up in the Asian brown cloud, one would expect climate effects to even out. Unfortunately in our physical … Continue reading →

Population growth: comparing Turkey to neighbour states

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Today our comparing population growth series continues. This time we compare Turkey to several of its neighbouring states: Greece, Georgia, Armenia and Iran. If ever again [1;2] you hear anyone say ‘demography is economic development,’ point to this graph:

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Indian aerosol pollution stimulates tropical cyclones over Arabian Sea – because of monsoon disturbance

Population growth: comparing Turkey to neighbour states