> The reason, they believe, is that as warm air rises over the sea, it draws moisture away from the land, yielding heavier downpours.
Without reading the original article, which probably goes into more detail, I find this very speculative and I'm not convinced there is more going on than correlation. If anything the causality is more plausible the other way round: When it doesn't rain over land, pollution spikes.
> The reason, they believe, is that as warm air rises over the sea, it draws moisture away from the land, yielding heavier downpours.
Without reading the original article, which probably goes into more detail, I find this very speculative and I'm not convinced there is more going on than correlation. If anything the causality is more plausible the other way round: When it doesn't rain over land, pollution spikes.