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The cloud was also reported by [[NASA]] in 2004<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/brown_cloud.html |title=NASA Eyes Effects of a Giant 'Brown Cloud' Worldwide (2004) |access-date=2007-08-21 |archive-date=2019-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207231933/https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/brown_cloud.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and 2007.<ref>[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=8857 Global Aerosol System 2000-2007 (NASA Earth Observatory)]</ref>
 
Although aerosol particles are generally associated with a [[global cooling]] effect, recent studies have shown that they can actually have a [[warming effect]] in certain regions such as the [[Himalayas]].<ref>{{cite journal
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