by RICHARD HARRIS
September 07, 2013 8:00 AM
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Pollution, Not Rising Temperatures, May Have Melted Alpine Glaciers
About 160 years ago, Europe’s glaciers began melting, centuries before the temperatures started rising. Now NASA scientists offer a possible explanation for this apparent paradox: Soot from the Industrial Revolution could have heated up the ice. (This piece initially aired Sept. 3 on Morning Edition.)
via Industrial Soot May Have Melted Europe's Glaciers : NPR.
