Sentences with phrase «black soot»
The phrase "black soot" refers to a powdery, dark substance that is left behind after something is burned, like coal or wood. Full definition
«We can't expect this study to clarify the effect of black soot on the melting of Tibetan snow and glaciers entirely,» said Cao.
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To investigate the possible role of black soot in causing glacial melt, a team of scientists from Chinese research institutes extracted ice cores from five locations on the Tibetan Plateau (Figure 1).
The conclusion is that prospects for survival of Tibetan glaciers can be much improved by reducing black soot emissions.
We can't imagine Pussy Galore or Domino Derval being turned on by black soot and backfires, but the way the DB5 drives still charms.
Glacier Melting Black Soot Coating Himalayan Glaciers is Accelerating Melting Global Warming Melting Glaciers, Shrinking Harvests in China and India Confirmed: America's Glaciers Shrinking Over Past 50 Years, Warming Climate to Blame
But another boost of black soot comes from record fires in the Canadian Boreal forest and Arctic this year.
«Reduced black soot emissions, in addition to reduced greenhouse gases, may be required to avoid demise of Himalayan glaciers and retain the benefits of glaciers for seasonal fresh water supplies,» Hansen said.
The UN was so concerned about man - made Global Cooling during the 1970's that they wanted to melt the Arctic by spreading black soot on it:
Warmer average temperatures due to climate change are the main reason for the increased melting, though black soot deposits on ice is probably also contributing through increased absorption of heat.
The data suggest that increased black soot arises from Asian sources, especially the Indian subcontinent.
That same black soot floats higher into the air, where it helps to change the way clouds form - and so to warm the climate.
Cyclist commuters in London had more than twice as much black soot in their lungs than did walking commuters.
The cores support the hypothesis that black soot amounts in the Himalayan glaciers correlate with black carbon emissions in Europe and South Asia.
Alternative, more indirect, but not for that reason ultimately not effective approaches must be developed, including «demonstration» projects which show that people working together an have a positive effect on certain contributors to warming, including black soot produced by millions of stoves that use dung for fuel.
At Zuoqiupu glacier — a bellwether site on the southern edge of the plateau and downwind from the Indian subcontinent — black soot deposition increased by 30 percent between 1990 and 2003.
Reduction of black soot via cleaner energies would have other benefits for human health and agricultural productivity.
If it costs pennies to address black soot and megabucks to address CO2, well, you have to start somewhere.
Other anthropogenic forces causing increases includes a wide spectrum of land - use issues, black soot pollution, «slash and burn» deforestation practices, the urban heat island (UHI) effect, poorly sited climate / weather stations, the egregious fabrication of modern global warming by governmental climate agencies and other factors.
They concede that some of the more spectacular solutions proposed, such as melting the Arctic ice cap by covering it with black soot or diverting arctic rivers, might create problems far greater than those they solve.
Other impacts of human civilization, such as deforestation and other changes to land use, pollution and black soot landing on Arctic snows also contribute to warming.
Response: In addition to leaving a nice smell, scented candles can also leave black soot and other pollutants (such as formaldehyde and acrolein) inside your home.
«When we introduce a little more of our own pollution — especially when it's dark black soot — there's a more dramatic effect on warming,» said Craig Corrigan, a climate scientist from Scripps and a co-author on the study.
No ugly black soot either!!
It was only back in the 1970's, during the global cooling «Ice - Age» scare / crisis that UN (expert consensus) scientists wanted to melt the Arctic by spreading black soot it!
Black soot deposited on Tibetan glaciers has contributed significantly to the retreat of the world's largest non-polar ice masses, according to new research by scientists from NASA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
I have a totally speculative pet hypothesis: this was the early days of the industrial revolution and much more black soot was being produced by coal fires in the cities.
Read the original: Glacial loss on Kilimanjaro continues unabated Glacial Melting Black Soot Coating Himalayan Glaciers is Accelerating Melting Global Warming Melting Glaciers, Shrinking Harvests in China and India Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier Melting Four Times Faster Than 10 Years Ago
Combined with improved agricultural and forestry practices and reduction of methane and black soot emissions, these actions would avoid demise of the Tibetan glaciers.
Along with greenhouse gases, black soot from upwind pollution sources threatens to eliminate glaciers from the Tibetan Plateau during the 21st century.
Often characterized by gaping black holes, undulating form, and sinuous organic lines, they have been consistently experimental in their materials and technique, beginning with the artist's early use of a welding torch to deposit velvety layers of black soot on paper, muslin, and canvas.
So I doubt it is time to FORGET that Man can Bolix things up, especially when there is Tax Money to be gained from causing a Panic ---- thus it seems the last 34 years» warming in the Arctic has been 74 % from CAP & TRADE (1.09 of 1.48 oC), which laws «forgive» Soot from Diesels, force Industry on China — which has only coal = More BLACK SOOT on the formerly white Arctic — and the reductions in SO2.
Globally, black soot, primarily from kerosene, is a potent contributor to climate change.
Now, what are Black soots, Dust bunnies aka Susuwataris?