Friday, 20 September 2013

Soot emissions: a significant contributor to global warming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Soot is universally found in the troposphere and is being labelled as perhaps the second largest contributor to global warming after CO2. Soot is a forcing agent for global warming comparable to the greenhouse gas methane and is one of the deadliest forms of air pollution. It can come in solid, liquid, or gaseous (aerosols) states.

Soot is the common term for a type of particle pollution called PM 2.5 — particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers in diameter or smaller. Such fine

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