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Suzhou, China photo: damnblast via flickr

We knew that mercury from Chinese power plants was finding its way into US rivers, but this adds a new twist to the issue:

Scientists from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced last Thursday, that although it stays in the atmosphere for only days or weeks, the warming effect of particulate pollution such as soot from fires and sulfate particles from power plants can last for decades. What that means is that as Asian air pollution drifts around the glob...