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Brown Carbon Plays Larger Role in Climate Than Assumed, Study Says

2015-10-02 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: Climate models are underestimating the effects of so-called brown carbon from sources such as forest fires because the models do not account for regional factors such as areas where wood-burning stoves are common when estimating brown carbon's climate-warming impacts. Black carbon, primarily from urban combustion sources like vehicles and factories, absorbs the most sunlight, the researchers explain, and it's well-accounted for in climate models. However, most models don't properly account for...

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