Shindell Flare NOAA (IMAGE)

Duke University

Shindell Flare NOAA

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Human sources of black carbon and other short-lived climate pollutants include flares from oil and gas wells, such as these in the Bakken Field of North Dakota.

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Jeff Peischl/NOAA CIRES

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