Asia cooling alters Australia's climate

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Dr Leon Rotstayn of CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research says a new computer climate model shows aerosol pollution in Asia is having a long-distance effect on weather in Australia.

He says the modelling shows that the airborne haze made up of tiny particles from industrial and domestic pollution is cooling the land and oceans around Asia.

The haze isn't travelling to Australia. But it's been changing the balance of wind and temperature between Asia and Australia, causing heavier rainfalls in central and northwest parts of Australia.

Most of the time, this cooling effort in Asia is causing more rain in tropical Australia, but coolness in the oceans around Indonesia this year has intensified our El Nino drought.

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