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Soot Mitigation Credit Could Help Finance Black Carbon Mitigation Efforts Everywhere

Ari Luis — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:04:29 +0000

Our politicians and policy makers focused on the mitigation and control of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses (GHGs) like methane, CFC’s and the like to help keep our planet cool. Most of these GHGs are odorless, colorless gasses that vanish into thin air. In the meantime, they ignored black carbon, more commonly known as […]

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New Cooker Reduces Black Carbon Emissions and Its Negative Effects on Glaciers

Mila Luleva — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:53:10 +0000

If there is a way to minimize glacier melt, while saving millions of lives, change in cooking habits might just be it. As various independent research organizations and alliances acknowledge the devastating effects of black smoke from cookstoves, scientists develop new technologies to prevent any irreversible damage. Many of us find mud stoves somehow emblematic […]

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Greenhouse Gas and Black Carbon Tracking – an Issue for North America

Leigh Hutchens — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:14:06 +0000

Environmental officials and businesses have a very difficult time estimating the impact of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction measures between countries or regions of North America due to completely different standards. To improve statistical comparability, Canada, Mexico, and the United States are trying to unify the standards for emissions data. The goal is to work through […]

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Newly Identified Source of Black Carbon: Kerosene Lamps

Mila Luleva — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:08:37 +0000

Kerosene lamps are known to be the main source of light for many households in most developing nations. A study conducted by researchers at UC Barkeley and University of Illinois, however, found that these lamps, although very much needed, are also a major emitter of black carbon. The lab and field results indicated 7-9% of […]

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Arctic Ice Melt Triggers Increased Ship Traffic, Accelerating Climate Change, Study Says

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:50:21 +0000

For a long time, commercial sea routes have expanded and increased their traffic as the economies of the countries they were linking evolved. They have now reached a spot in which they pose a significant threat to climate change, or at least the routes that cross the Arctic Ocean, one of the world's most climate-sensitive areas.

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Ratio Between Black Carbon and Sulphates in Atmosphere Crucial to Global Warming

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:12:31 +0000

Black carbons are emitted from diesel exhausts and burned biomass and are considered an environmental and health hazard all over the world. Besides the fact that they favor global dimming, black carbons also attract heat.

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New Study Estimates Impact of Soot on Global Warming and Timeframe of Actions to Be Taken

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:02:17 +0000

Soot is considered one of the most important threats to the environment, along with carbon dioxide. Princeton University researchers have described the contribution of soot ("carbonaceous aerosols") to phenomena of global warming and global dimming. Soot is born by incomplete combustion and comes mostly from diesel engines and coal burning.

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