Open AccessBlack carbon reductions in the Arctic tied to declining emissions
Author(s) -
Schultz Colin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo420016
Subject(s) - carbon black , soot , carbon dioxide , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , climate change , carbon fibers , polar , greenhouse gas , the arctic , arctic , albedo (alchemy) , global warming , climatology , oceanography , chemistry , geology , materials science , physics , combustion , astronomy , organic chemistry , natural rubber , composite number , composite material , art , performance art , art history
Black carbon, or soot, is now considered to be the second most potent driver of anthropogenic climate change, its effect on global temperatures trailing only that of carbon dioxide. Whereas carbon dioxide emissions spread broadly across the planet, black carbon's effects are far more localized. On broad regional scales, black carbon can have a prominent effect, particularly in polar regions where soot strongly dampens the surface albedo.