16-th episode of 33-th season "NOVA"

What "NOVA" 16-th episode about

The discovery that the sunlight reaching Earth is dimming and the implications that has for global climate change, is examined. Included: how researchers used the days after 9/11, when aircraft were grounded in the U.S., to study how plane vapor trails affect the atmosphere; and how less pollution in the atmosphere may have the unintended consequence of accelerating global warming.

Episode number: 16

Episode name: "Dimming The Sun"

Episode release date: 19 april 2006 at 01:00

Status: aired

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