How Tiny Particles Shape Climate

Written by: Hasnaa H. Abo Shosha

Edited by: Jessica Li

This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon.

I was amazed when I first learned that something as small as a particle of soot could shift the Earth’s climate. These particles are so tiny that you could line thousands of them across a single strand of hair. And yet, they have the power to change how much of the Sun’s energy warms our planet. I like to often think of them as invisible sun catchers floating in the sky.

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