Soot Is Warming the World, A Lot

1Science – Soot is bad stuff all around, whether you’re breathing it into your lungs or it’s heating the atmosphere by absorbing more of the sun’s energy. But a new 4-year, 232-page assessment of soot’s role in climate finds that the combustion product could be warming the world twice as much as previously thought. The study points policymakers toward the best targets for reducing climate-warming soot emissions while at the same time improving the health of billions of people.

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Source and Photo: By Richard A. Kerr, Science, 15th January, 2013
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