Subcontinental Smut: Is Soot the Culprit Behind Melting Himalayan Glaciers?

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 19:21 in Earth & Climate

SAN FRANCISCO--The Himalaya Mountain region is warming up three to five times faster than the global trends--or about half a degree Celsius per decade--and many of its glaciers are rapidly losing mass. Greenhouse gases alone cannot explain this warming, however, and several new studies are pointing to an old form of pollution: soot. [More]

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