"brown cloud" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brown clouds [plural]
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  1. A form of atmospheric pollution, a mixture of aerosols that absorb and scatter light, resulting from the burning of biomass and fossil fuel. Wikipedia link: Asian brown cloud Related terms: global dimming
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Inflected forms

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