Environment
Wildfire dark brown carbon has strong global warming effects, study finds
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The study, led by Dr. Yiming Liu from the University of Leeds, highlights the significant impact of dark brown carbon on climate change, with its warming effect potentially rivaling or surpassing that of black carbon. The findings underscore the need for further research into the effects of wildfire emissions on the global climate.
A new international study published in Nature Geoscience reveals that dark brown carbon from wildfires exerts a powerful warming effect on the global climate—potentially matching or even exceeding that of black carbon in the visible spectrum.