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Check out this article:Asian Air Pollution Affecting World’s WeatherOK, I have no problem accepting the fact that China's pollution is a real concern. However when an article is written like this (as most AGW "studies" are) then it loses all credibility IMO.These are quotes taken from the same article:
Using climate models and data collected about aerosols and meteorology over the past 30 years, the researchers found that air pollution over Asia – much of it coming from China – is impacting global air circulations.
That's a bold statement, and it's also written as if it is a scientific fact.However:
Zhang adds that “we need to do some future research on exactly how these aerosols are transported globally and impact climate. There are many other atmospheric observations and models we need to look at to see how this entire process works.”
If they don't how it's affecting the circulation, then how can they say it is?
I think you may be reading too much into the article. First, I don't see where it really mentions “Global Warming”; at least it certainly is not a main theme of the article. The research it's reporting is on climate events that are influenced by Chinese pollution – but not global warming (at least not explicitly). Second, the first quote you took was drawn from the article, rather than from the mouth of Zhang. We all know that journalists can sometimes distort things they report on, so the wording the author used might be different than the words used by Zhang. Third, as to your second quote, I think that it's entirely permissible for a scientist to see a correlation and want to study it further. Zhang actually used the word “appears” (in a direct quote), which indicates he is not 100% sure. This entices him to study the issue further.
