Sentences with phrase «soot deposits»
"Soot deposits" refer to black, powdery or flaky substances made up of carbon particles that accumulate on surfaces like chimneys or stoves when burning fossil fuels like coal or oil. Full definition
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.
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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.
Based on these figures, I suppose that the West Greenland ice melting was larger in the 1930 - 1950 period than in the 1985 - 2005 period... Alternative explanations may be that the Greenland ice melting has nothing to do with temperature, but with more insolation (less clouds), less precipitation, more soot deposit,...
Soot deposited from forest fires is helping to color the snow, drawing in warmth like a black car in summer.
The researchers combined that data with modern weather patterns to estimate the amount of soot deposited on glaciers in the 1800s.
During a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University, Kopacz studied black carbon soot deposited in the Himalayas and Tibetan plateau.
More likely soot deposited in cylinder or oil rings failed.
The dark area is soot deposited during the fire.
Answer: As I recall from the brief period I had electric baseboard heat, the soot is the result of dust settling on the radiators, then burning off when the heaters are turned on, thus causing soot deposits on the walls.
Exponential factors such as desertification, deforestation, black soot deposits (ref.