News tagged with black carbon
Related topics: air pollution , greenhouse gas , climate change , global warming
Aggressive action to reduce soot emissions needed to meet climate change goals
Without aggressive action to reduce soot emissions, the time table for carbon dioxide emission reductions may need to be significantly accelerated in order to achieve international climate policy goals such as those set forth ...
Jun 25, 2010 |
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Researchers Work to Better Understand How Soot Emissions Impact Global Warming
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Tech, Carnegie Mellon University and the California Institute of Technology are collaborating to study the effects of soot on global warming.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 07, 2010 |
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When the air turns brown: Scientists discover reactions that create climate-changing brown carbon aerosol
(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study led by Drs. Julia and Alexander Laskin from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Prof. Sergey Nizkorodov from the University of California, Irvine revealed atmospheric ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Pollution from Asia Circles Globe at Stratospheric Heights
(PhysOrg.com) -- The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2010 |
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Black carbon a significant factor in melting of Himalayan glaciers
The fact that glaciers in the Himalayan mountains are thinning is not disputed. However, few researchers have attempted to rigorously examine and quantify the causes. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Researchers Study Link Between Pollutants, Health Issues in Detroit Neighborhoods
(PhysOrg.com) -- Clarkson University researchers are helping the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health to study the link between air pollutants and health problems in children in Detroit.
Jan 21, 2010 |
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New Study Turns Up the Heat on Soot's Role in Himalayan Warming (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Soot from fire in an unventilated fireplace wafts into a home and settles on the surfaces of floors and furniture. But with a quick fix to the chimney flue and some dusting, it bears no impact ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Aircraft emissions could influence climate change through cloud formation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Aircraft emissions can affect the properties of cirrus clouds, contributing to climate change. This was a key finding from PNNL scientist Dr. Xiaohong Liu and his colleagues from a recent ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Black carbon is not chemically inert as previously thought
A paper by two University of Delaware researchers was recently highlighted on the web site of Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T), which publishes papers in advance of their appearance in the print version of the jo ...
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Cleaning Up Black Carbon Provides Instant Benefits Against Global Warming
(PhysOrg.com) -- The world could buy time to forestall disastrous environmental and geopolitical climate change effects by using existing technologies to curb emissions created through diesel and solid biomass ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Improved air quality during Beijing Olympics could inform pollution-curbing policies
The air in Beijing during the 2008 Olympics was cleaner than the previous year's, due to aggressive efforts by the Chinese government to curtail traffic, increase emissions standards and halt construction in preparation for ...
Jul 24, 2009 |
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How to manage erosion caused by everyday beverages
Researchers have warned people to beware of the damage that acidic beverages have on teeth. Yet, for some, the damage and problems associated with drinking sodas, citric juices or certain tea may have already begun to take ...
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Sulfate lens enhances climate warming properties of atmospheric soot
Particulate pollution thought to be holding climate change in check by reflecting sunlight instead enhances warming when combined with airborne soot, a new study has found.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2009 |
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The mystery of particles
Particles cool down the climate, but to which extent? This has remained an unanswered question for scientists. A new article in Science by Gunnar Myhre at CICERO, Norway, brings the scientific community a step closer to sol ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Stellar Explosion Displays Massive Carbon Footprint
(PhysOrg.com) -- While humans are still struggling to get rid of unwanted carbon it appears that the heavens are really rather good at it. New research by astrophysicists at the University of Warwick has discovered that a ...
Jun 01, 2009 |
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