Sentences with phrase «black carbon particles»

The concentrations of black carbon particles in these areas were greater than current models would indicate.

Black carbon particles attract heat, warming the air around them if they remain suspended, and melting snow and ice if they settle on glaciers.

· A finding that black carbon particles increased the number of drops of water in clouds, while decreasing the size of those drops, a condition that can reduce or delay rain.

In another study highlighting the role of black carbon particles in global warming (earlier post), a team of researchers has found that emissions from black carbon (BC) and organic matter (OM) drive springtime (March - May) melting in Eurasia nearly as much (95 %) as anthropogenic CO2.

Researchers used a specially equipped plane for a series of pole - to - pole flights to measure the concentrations of greenhouse gases and black carbon particles at different altitudes, different locations and different times of the year.

soot Also known as black carbon particles, these are the residues of incompletely burned materials, from plastics, leaves and wood to coal, oil and other fossil fuels.

Black carbon particles give soot its black color and, like any black surface, strongly absorb sunlight.

This «would create a persistent layer of black carbon particles in the northern stratosphere that could cause potentially significant changes in the global atmospheric circulation and distributions of ozone and temperature,» they concluded.

Black carbon particles from smoke plumes in the Arctic have covered glaciers, a circumstance that increases heat absorption and contributes to melting

Black carbon particles are most concentrated over cities, but wind carries them all over the world before they settle out of the atmosphere or are washed to Earth by precipitation.

Rain and snow then wash out the black carbon particles and bring them back to Earth.

It's that second part which really as implications for reducing warming from soot.Effects of Black Carbon Pollution Stop Quickly Once Source is Removed The good news about black carbon and global warming is this: Unlike greenhouse gases which can remain in the atmosphere for decades or even centuries, black carbon particles come out of the atmosphere very quickly once the source of pollution is removed.