Man-made pollution ‘pushes tropics northward’

Man-made pollution is helping to push the tropics northwards, research finds.

Man-made pollution ‘pushes tropics northward’

The effect could impact weather and climate, making sub-tropical regions drier and creating wetter and stormier conditions further north.

Scientists already knew the tropics were widening by around 0.7 degrees of latitude per decade.

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