Sulfate Lens Enhances Climate Warming Properties of Atmospheric Soot
Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2009
Particulate pollution thought to be holding climate change in check by reflecting sunlight instead enhances warming when combined with airborne soot, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego. The coating acts like a lens and focuses the light into the center of the particle, enhancing warming.
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