Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Of late there has been a lot written about the effect of “black carbon”, a.k.a. “soot”, and also “brown carbon”, a.k.a. wood and dung smoke,…
Category: Carbon soot
One side effect of a warmer Arctic, it will be cleaner due to black carbon scavenging
No polar bears and Arctic foxes aren’t scavenging carbon, but more moisture during summer months will. Arctic air may become cleaner as temperatures rise The air in the Arctic is…
Aircraft measurements show surprisingly high levels of black carbon particles in the global atmosphere – Asia blamed
From NCAR/UCAR: First global portrait of greenhouse gases emerges from pole-to-pole flights BOULDER—A three-year series of research flights from the Arctic to the Antarctic has successfully produced an unprecedented portrait…
Soot easier to control than CO2 – may help Arctic ice
From the American Chemical Society something I’ve always wondered about, that soot plays a major role in the Arctic. Controlling soot though, has to start outside of the United States,…
Greenland Ground Zero for Global Soot Warming
People send me stuff. In my email this past week I got a cover photo of the June 2010 issue of National Geographic along with this message from Al in…
Oh, soot!
Also, see below the “Continue reading” line for an impressive scientific visualization video of black carbon being transported around the globe. University of Iowa News Release July 27, 2010 UI…
Caveats Regarding Dr. Phil Jones’ Phenological Arguments for Global Warming
Guest post by Indur M. Goklany The latest Science magazine has an extended interview with Dr. Phil Jones. In this post, I’ll keep away from issues related to Climategate, whether…
LBNL on Himalayas: "greenhouse gases alone are not nearly enough to be responsible for the snow melt"
From Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, and announcement that comes at a very inconvenient time for IPCC and Pachauri while their “Glaciergate” issue rages. Aerosols and black carbon are tagged as…
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