With the development of industrialization and urbanization, the concentrations and types of atmospheric aerosols increase rapidly. Aerosols influence the energy budget of the earth-atmosphere system directly by absorbing and scattering solar radiation, and indirectly by tors, such as clouds, ozone, etc., so to further affect cli changing the magnitude of other radiative forcing facmate. The major achievements in atmospheric aerosol research, especially in the aerosol radiative forcing effect and impacts of atmospheric aerosols on plants and agriculture , both at home and abroad, are summarized. The problems existing in monitoring methods and the model assessment of atmospheric aerosols are discussed.