Using radiocarbon to constrain black and organic carbon aerosol sources in...
Black carbon (BC) and organic carbon (OC) aerosols are important components of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in polluted urban environments. Quantifying the contribution of fossil fuel and biomass
View ArticleLow-carbon t echnology pathways for soot-free urban bus fleets in 20 megacities
Urban transit bus fleets are a significant source of air pollutant emissions, including black carbon, a harmful ultrafine particle and potent short-lived climate pollutant. Transit bus fleets are...
View ArticleGreenhouse gas emissions from global shipping, 2013–2015
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is the key to avoiding the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. Despite international shipping being excluded from the Paris Agreement, the International
View ArticleAerosol emissions factors from traditional biomass cookstoves in India:...
Residential solid biomass cookstoves are important sources of aerosol emissions in India. Cookstove emissions rates are largely based on laboratory experiments conducted using the standard water-boiling
View ArticleBlack carbon emissions and fuel use in global shipping, 2015
Ships are an efficient way to move cargo, transporting approximately 80% of the world’s goods by volume, but ships also threaten human health, ecosystems, and the climate. This report focuses on the air
View ArticleSustained black carbon emission from aeroplanes can warm atmosphere at high...
The impact of black carbon, emitted by aeroplanes, on monsoon, glaciers and ozone layer is "uncertain", but its sustained emission could lead to warming of the atmosphere at 10-12 km altitude, the...
View ArticleTyre industry urges govt to allow duty free import of carbon black
Tyre manufacturers’ body ATMA today said shortage of carbon black, a key ingredient for tyre manufacturing, in the domestic market has led to unplanned shutdown of factories. In a representation to
View ArticleReal-time monitoring of black carbon aerosols in the glaciated valley of...
Aerosols play an important role in climate change processes. Among the various aerosols, black carbon (BC) has been recognized as the second most important anthropogenic agent for climate change and
View ArticleSAFAR to identify, mark 26 sources of Delhi pollution
The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) on Thursday kickstarted its mission to identify and mark locations of 26 sources within the national capital which pollute the air.
View ArticleThe traffic emission-dispersion model for a Central-European city agrees with...
The bottom-up traffic emission model EMISENS is used to calculate hourly black carbon (BC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emission rates on an average workday in Maribor (Slovenia), using emission factors
View ArticleDark zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet controlled by distributed...
Albedo—a primary control on surface melt—varies considerably across the Greenland Ice Sheet yet the specific surface types that comprise its dark zone remain unquantified. Here we use UAV
View ArticleProgress and opportunities for reducing short-lived climate pollutants across...
This technical report, Progress and Opportunities of Reducing Short-lived Climate Pollutants across Latin America and the Caribbean, reviews examples of initiatives and measures that have successfully
View ArticleBlack carbon pollution high on Hyderabad outskirts too
HYDERABAD: Forget the core city of Hyderabad; even peripheral or peri-urban areas are now under the threat of poisonous black carbon particulate matter. A research study conducted in about two dozen areas
View ArticleCrop residue burning in North affecting rest of India too: study
Crop residue burning in Punjab and Haryana is often blamed for worsening air quality in the Delhi National Capital Region. Now a new study by scientists working in the US and India has found that impact
View ArticleA study on long term variation in particulate matter and black carbon aerosol...
Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) is a measure of solar spectral extinction. Long term AOT data analysis gives a picture of air quality for that location. This type of analysis is useful in the study
View ArticleEuropean Union emission inventory report 1990-2016
This document is the annual European Union (EU) emission inventory report under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP...
View ArticleBlack carbon travelling from Mediterranean polluting Himalayas in U’khand,...
DEHRADUN: A recent study by the Dehradun-based Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) has found that black carbon travelling from Mediterranean countries during the western disturbance (which brings
View ArticleStrengthening Nationally Determined Contributions to catalyze actions that...
Early and ambitious action to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) is essential to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. SLCPs include methane,...
View ArticleNigeria’s National Action Plan to reduce short-lived climate pollutants
The Federal Executive Council of Ministers approved in May 2019 Nigeria’s National Action Plan to reduce short-lived climate pollutants. This plan, developed by the the Federal Ministry of Environment
View ArticleIntegrating short-lived climate pollutants into Asian NDCs: a survey with...
Much of Asia has significant potential to achieve cleaner air and control near-term climate change by integrating short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) into their Nationally Determined Contributions...
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