climate pollutants Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:58:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Sea Level Rise Reduced by Cutting Short-Lived Climate Pollutants https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sea-level-rise-short-lived-pollutants-20130415/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sea-level-rise-short-lived-pollutants-20130415/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:58:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36246 New research published in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows that cutting down short-lived climate pollutants, such as methane and soot, could greatly reduce the rate of sea level rise. The study led by Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, estimates that 30 to 60% reduction in emissions of these pollutants by […]

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