Did Cleaning Up Europe’s Air Make It Hotter?

Europe has been warming significantly faster than the global average, and this summer’s heatwaves once again prompted politicians and environmental activists to point to fossil-fuel emissions as the obvious culprit. In this episode, Dr. David Legates examines a new study that suggests there is another important piece of the story: Europe’s remarkable success in reducing air pollution. Since 1980, Europe has dramatically reduced sulfur dioxide and other aerosol emissions. Those pollutants bro...