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The greatest challenge for humanity at the moment is the increasing number of aerosol and dispersed particles (dust) in the atmosphere, which act as condensation nuclei. As they rise to cloud level, they form even larger nuclei around them, which lead to powerful lightning, as well as causing storms and tornadoes.
These phenomena are observed not only over the sea surface, but also over large midland cities, for which the occurrence of tornadoes is uncommon.
The second challenge is atmospheric pollution by chemicals and their long-range transportation by the atmospheric circulation. They can pollute large areas at considerable distances from the emission sources. In the end, atmospheric pollution becomes even more of a problem than global climate change.
The third challenge has been increasing volcanic activity. All volcanoes in Kamchatka have already been active twice in the same season this century. Emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants from natural sources cannot be discounted. It is also a significant destabilising factor that has worked throughout time, particularly in prehistory, when there were no humans on the planet yet.
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