Thursday, January 17, 2013

Black Carbon More Powerful Contributor to Climate Change Than Previously Thought: New Study

Huffington Post: Black carbon -- that nasty air pollution that causes major health problems -- also happens to be a very powerful contributor to climate change. In fact, a new multi-year international study has just found that it's the second most powerful contributor to climate change -- behind carbon dioxide emissions. Emissions from dirty diesel, residential cooking and heating and forest fires from deforestation are major contributors to black carbon pollution (see figure). Addressing black carbon emissions from...

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jake-schmidt/black-carbon-more-powerfu_b_2498323.html
Enclosure: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jschmidt/assets_c/2013/01/Contributors%20to%20Black%20Carbon-thumb-300x282-9243.png

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