Sentences with phrase «with black soot»

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.

Not exact matches

In a paper recently published in Geophysical Research Letters, they highlighted something called black carbon — soot, really — that is distinct from carbon dioxide, the gas primarily associated with global warming.

The patient's hard, black tongue is scarified and treated with a mixture of chile powder, natron, and soot.

The fastest and most famous case of evolution by natural selection is the case of the British peppered moths: In the 19th century, as mills and factories began to darken the air with soot, a rare all - black mutant quickly became more common in Britain than the normal white moth with black spots because it was less conspicuous to predators.

The Burgan oilfield and a vast area of desert to the southeast are black with soot.

The cleanest samples they collected were from northern Canada, with overall levels of black carbon, or soot, similar to that of Arctic snowpack.

The sulphur in the lower atmosphere below 15kms is reflecting sunlight back into space but the black soot also a component in the ABC's is heating when bombarded with solar radiation and warming the atmosphere up to 15kms dramatically affecting cloud formation and monsoon / drought cycles.

I guess I am surprised that with better understanding of the importance of water vapor feedback, sulfate aerosols, black carbon aerosols, more rapid than expected declines in sea ice and attendant decreases in albedo, effects of the deposition of soot and dust on snow and ice decreasing albedo, and a recognition of the importance of GHGs that were probably not considered 30 years ago, that the sensitivity has changed so little over time.

Soon they discover the place is full of soot sprites (little, black, fluffy blobs with blinking eyes) and some other amazing critters called Totoros.

The opening lines of Stephen Sondheim «Äôs macabre musical may be missing, but our introduction to the gruesome, grimy streets of London still retains a distinctive visual flair; saturated in soot and scum, Tim Burton's take on the Demon Barber of Fleet Street borders on graphic novel, oozing with oil - black humour.

A DPF is designed to trap diesel exhaust and removes the typical «black soot» that is associated with diesel models.

The Cons: cheap interior (Trim on the steering wheel is peeling), the Bluetooth is (awful had to get it replaced once and people always complain it is hard to hear), Black soot is present in the exhaust pipes (Since Day 1 and I have seen other Azeras with the same issue) and the BIGGEST CON..

If the old filter is dark grey or black and clogged with dirt, dust, hair, pollen, soot, insects, leaves, sand and other debris, it should be replaced with a new element.

She remembers long days in the West Indian fields digging with a rod of pointed iron under the burning sky; she remembers restless nights as black as soot listening for the sound of footsteps approaching the door and wondering whether tonight it would be her turn to be covered.

Photographed in grainy black and white, Epstein's high - relief sculptures are naked, grubby with London soot, ruined temporary plaster figures.

I guess I am surprised that with better understanding of the importance of water vapor feedback, sulfate aerosols, black carbon aerosols, more rapid than expected declines in sea ice and attendant decreases in albedo, effects of the deposition of soot and dust on snow and ice decreasing albedo, and a recognition of the importance of GHGs that were probably not considered 30 years ago, that the sensitivity has changed so little over time.

Which is (only) possible with (dark brown and black) soot aerosols.

It's good old fashioned black carbon soot — a visible pollutant with measurable effects on human health both in poor places, where it comes from cooking or heating using coal, firewood or dung, and rich countries, where it is produced mainly through the combustion of diesel and similar fuels and from some industries.

With IdleAir, truck stop communities enjoy cleaner air with the reduction of black carbon and soot that emit from diesel engines, reduced noise pollution, local job creation, and an increased tax base for the local econWith IdleAir, truck stop communities enjoy cleaner air with the reduction of black carbon and soot that emit from diesel engines, reduced noise pollution, local job creation, and an increased tax base for the local econwith the reduction of black carbon and soot that emit from diesel engines, reduced noise pollution, local job creation, and an increased tax base for the local economy.

Combined with improved agricultural and forestry practices and reduction of methane and black soot emissions, these actions would avoid demise of the Tibetan glaciers.

Seventeen global black carbon models were compared with measurements from ground networks, aircraft and satellite and found to generally have enough «soot» but to underestimate absorption.

The expert, Dr. James E. Hansen, and his colleagues conclude in a new analysis that the warming seen in recent decades has been caused mainly by other heat - trapping emissions — methane, chlorofluorocarbons, black particles of diesel and coal soot and compounds that create the ozone in smog — which are easier to control than carbon dioxide, with many of them already on the decline.

I thought one area of agreement was that methane and black soot had to go, so we need to now think about CO2 itself, the bear in the room, because that is the one with the long - term effect.

There followed speculation on possible ways of combating this catstrophic cooling, like blowing polar ice up with nuclear energy or covering sea with «black soot».

It's common, for example, for particles of black carbon from soot or smoke to mix with nitrates and sulfates, or to coat the surfaces of dust, creating hybrid particles.

Putting these additional warming biases (conservative estimates) into context like you have done with the ones above (Corrections to the «Observed» Record, water vapor and black soot) would be incredibly helpful and informative.

Making diesel an even more attractive candidate for attack is the fact that reducing much of its black carbon emissions might simply be a matter of upgrading old, soot - spewing engines with newer technology.

With that comes more black carbon air pollution from ships — soot to you and me — and, that means already disproportionately high levels of warming will increase and with those, more ice meltWith that comes more black carbon air pollution from ships — soot to you and me — and, that means already disproportionately high levels of warming will increase and with those, more ice meltwith those, more ice melting.

Solve the problem with better stoves with better fuel economy and you reduce lung cancer, deforestation, particulates and black soot.

You can wonder about the effects of all that soot from industrialized Europe — my recollections of Glasgow was a city with every building completely black.

A lot of folks, including myself, think that the recent melting of Arctic sea ice and rising Arctic temperatures is more attributable to Asian black carbon pollution than to CO2 and greenhouse gas warming (particularly since similar warming and sea ice melting is not seen in the Antarctic, where there is not a problem with soot pollution).

As stated earlier, I agree with the point that tropospheric aerosols from fossil fuels are incredibly bad for human health and other environmental impacts (black carbon soot, acid rain, radioactive emissions, mercury poisoning), putting us in a situation of damned if we do, damned if we don't.

Mixed with pollution, dust and black carbon (soot) from India and elsewhere, this spreads a brown cloud across swaths of the Eurasian landmass.