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Climate Change: Carbon Soot in Wildfires Contributing to Global Warming [1]

When it comes to wildfires, carbon dioxide is not the sole problem. The black and brown carbon, which are also released in biomass burning, cause much more global warming per unit weight.

Publication Date: 
05/08/2014
International Business Times [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Forest Fires [4], Global Warming [5], Carbon Dioxide [6], Air Pollution [7], Respiratory Diseases [8], Health Effects [9], Biomass [10], Methane [11], Green House Gases [12]
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