Study: Pollution not main cause of recent energy imbalance (English, Level A1)

A new study looks at pollution and warming.
The study finds pollution is not the main cause.
The planet is gaining heat now.
In the north, air has become cleaner.
Cleaner air lets more sun reach the ground.
In the south, fires and a volcano made more particles.
Those particles make clouds brighter and reflect sunlight.
The north and south changes go in opposite ways.
They mostly cancel out and do little worldwide.

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pollution — dirty air or water that harms nature

warming — a rise in the planet's average temperature

particle — a very small piece of solid or liquid

particles

reflect — to send light or heat back away

volcano — a mountain that can send out lava

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Study: Pollution not main cause of recent energy imbalance^{CEFR A1}

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