
#1721Environmental ScienceFront Page21 January 2026
The Hot Shadow: How China Carbon Neutrality Could Temporarily Spike Temperatures
A new Earth system model suggests that cleaning up air pollution removes a 'mask' that currently blocks solar heat. Consequently, the warming caused by cleaner air may cancel out the cooling benefits of CO2 reduction in China until roughly 2070.
By Zhao B, Wang X, Wang Y, Sun Y, Gao D, Ge Q, Gao Y, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Shindell D, Davis SJ, Lin G, Wang Y, Chu B, Jiang Z, He H, He K, Hao J, Wang S.