Science news articles about 'soot'

... global warming scenarios forecast by climatologists. Soot mitigation is a crucial stopgap measure that needs ...

In my previous posting, "Fixing Soot Gains 20 Years against Global Warming" I found myself toning down some of the more-pointed language in hopes the idea gains acceptance and distribution.read more

... cargo ships emit more than twice as much soot as previously estimated, according to the first extensive study ... emissions. In the Arctic, an increase in soot may contribute to climate change if shipping routes expand, according to the study ...

Soot, or aerosols, can have both heating and cooling effects on clouds. Weizmann Institute scientists and colleagues ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing ...

... of all heavy-duty diesel trucks to install soot traps on exhaust pipes of older, high ...

More than 100 million people living in 46 metropolitan areas of the United States are breathing air that has become fouled with too much soot the federal Environmental Protection Agency said.

More than 100 million people living in 46 metropolitan areas of the United States are breathing air that has become fouled with too much soot the federal Environmental Protection Agency said.

... land and oceans during the winter season. This soot-laden Brown Cloud is affecting South ... -14 method to determine that two-thirds of the soot particles are from biomass combustion such as in household cooking ...

... heat balance by absorbing sunlight. Fresh soot particles repel water and hence have little effect on properties and lifetimes of clouds. As soot particles age, they are thought to undergo a weathering process ...

Reducing soot from tens of thousands of villages in developing countries is a relatively simple climate fix that scientists say should be pursued immediately.

A review found that the risk of having a condition that is a precursor to heart attacks for people living in soot-laden areas goes up by 24 percent, as particle concentrations increase.

... in potential for atmospheric warming. But particles, or aerosols, such as soot mix with other chemicals in the atmosphere, complicating estimates ... of California, San Diego. "Our measurements show that soot is most commonly mixed with other chemicals such as sulfate and this mixing ...

Sulfate and nitrate particles could enhance global warming when combined with soot particles in the atmosphere

... instead enhances warming when combined with airborne soot, a new study by researchers at the UC San ...