Soot reduction may help slow global warming.Byline: ANI London, Jan 4 (ANI): Nasa scientists have said that global warming can be slowed dramatically by slashing emissions of one of humanity's most familiar pollutants - soot. According to a study by the space agency, cutting down on the pollutant, can have an immediate cooling effect - and thus prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths from air pollution at the same time, reports the Independent. The study has been published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) is an open access publication of the European Geosciences Union. It is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of high quality studies investigating the Earth's atmosphere and the . The study, from Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), at Columbia University in New York City, is a component laboratory of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Earth-Sun Exploration Division and a unit of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. , has concluded that tackling the pollution provides "substantial benefits for air quality while simultaneously contributing to climate change mitigation" and "may present a unique opportunity to engage parties and nations not yet fully committed to climate change mitigation for its own sake." Black carbon, the component of soot that gives it its colour, is thought to be the second largest cause of global warming after carbon dioxide. (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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