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Pointing fingers at soot [1]

N. GOPAL RAJ

Soot absorbs 80 per cent of the solar radiation it receives; directly warms the atmosphere

SHORT LIFE: While CO2 stays in the atmosphere for centuries, soot stays aloft only for days to weeks; ozone persists for just weeks to months. - PHOTO: AFP

Publication Date: 
24/12/2009
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer [3], Atmosphere Science [4], Solar Radiation [5]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/atmosphere-and-ozone-layer
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/atmosphere-science
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solar-radiation