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World Bank calls for soot, methane reduction
2013-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: A new World Bank report calls for the reduction of shorter-lived pollutants, such as soot and methane, that could slow the pace of climate change and save lives. A warmer planet creates the conditions for more intense and extreme weather, like the devastating typhoon that hit the Philippines last week, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. "This is not going to be a one off event," said Rachel Kyte, vice president for Sustainable Development at the World Bank. "The intensity...
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Scripps scientist seeks soot solution for India
2013-10-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
U-T San Diego: In the late 1990s Scripps professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan led an international team of researchers that identified the brown cloud of soot wafting from India, and warned of its contribution to climate change. This year he released a report showing that diesel emissions reductions aimed at cutting pollution deaths in California have the serendipitous effect of curbing climate change. Now Ramanathan, an Indian-born researcher for Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is bringing his expertise...
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Portable IR Analyzer Provides ASTM Method for On-site Measurement of Soot Levels in Diesel ...
2013-10-25 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
The InfraCal Soot Meter, from Wilks, provides users with a rapid, on-site ASTM Method D7686 for measuring soot concentration levels in diesel engine oils. Soot levels as high as 12% - 15% are easily measured in just 30 seconds. This compact, pushbutton analyzer provides direct readout of the percent of suspended carbon (soot) in the diesel engine lubricating oil without sample preparation, dilution, or solvents and messy transmission cells to clean. <br /> <br /> Since the InfraCal Soot Meter ...This story is related to the following:Test and Measuring InstrumentsSearch for suppliers of:
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NASA-led study suggests coal soot shrank Alpine glaciers in mid-1800s
2013-09-04 13:30:27| Green Car Congress
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Soot from Europe's Industrial Age May Have Spurred Melting of Alps
2013-09-03 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Soot, also known as black carbon, could have been the reason behind the abrupt retreat of the mountain glaciers in the Alps starting in the 1860s, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. If correct, the theory could solve a longstanding scientific debate as to why the glaciers began melting even decades before global temperatures started rising. Records dating back to the 1500s show that large valley glaciers in the Alps suddenly melted...
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