News tagged with biomass burning
Researchers find evidence of fire in Antarctic ice
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists studying Antarctic ice cores have found surprising evidence of a fluctuating pattern of carbon monoxide concentrations in the Earth's atmosphere caused by biomass burning in the Southern ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Charcoal evidence tracks climate changes in Younger Dryas
A new study reports that charcoal particles left by wildfires in sediments of 35 North American lake beds don't readily support the theory that comets exploding over the continent 12,900 years ago sparked ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Assumptions about importance of modern wildfires wrong, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- An assumption that wildfires are at a record high today has been incorporated into scenarios used for projections of future climate change. However, several recent analyses of palaeoenvironmental ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Tracking down particulates
Wood-burning stoves are enjoying a surge in popularity. But burning biomass releases fine dust particles that are hazardous to health. Consequently, new legal limits for particulate emissions from such stoves ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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