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Burning Fuel Particles Do More Damage to Climate Than Thought, Study Says
2013-01-16 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The tiny black particles released into the atmosphere by burning fuels are far more powerful agents of global warming than had previously been estimated, some of the worlds most prominent atmospheric scientists reported in a study issued on Tuesday. These particles, which are known as black carbon and are the major component of soot, are the second most important contributor to global warming, behind only carbon dioxide, wrote the 31 authors of the study, published online by The Journal of Geophysical...
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