Chennai, March 23 -- New international research led by the IIT-Madras has provided compelling new evidence that heavy particulate pollution is a key driver behind the increasing frequency and persistence of dense winter fog over North India.
New findings published in Science Advances (by the American Association for the Advancement of Science) and Geophysical Research Letters (by the American Geophysical Union) reveal that high amounts of particulate pollution at nighttime are the primary reason for the intensification of fog.
The study led by N. Arun and Prof. Chandan Sarangi, Associate Professor of the Civil Engineering Department, IIT Madras, in collaboration with international experts, explains that a cocktail of nighttime particles f...