A 1963 paper for the New York Academy of Sciences noting that "One meteorologist remarked that if the theory were correct, one flap of a seagull’s wings could change the course of weather forever." Later speeches used the more poetic butterfly.
The study’s results, officials said, suggest bad air quality might be affecting that country’s ability to raise crops, as well as contributing to health and environmental problems.
Yun Qian said, "People have long wondered if there was a connection, but this is the first time we’ve observed it from long-term data. Besides the health effects, acid rain and other problems that pollution creates, this work suggests that reducing air pollution might help ease the drought in north China."
The writer was brought up in the mining valleys of Wales, which were totally polluted and the sun rarely seen. As a result, the writer has rickets. But does it rain, light, medium, heavy, in Wales? Yes. Incessantly.