Wildfire smoke (IMAGE)

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Wildfire smoke

Caption

Black carbon, or soot, from wildfires, transportation and other sources has a big impact on global warming, but a data gap has prevented climate-change models from accurately representing that influence. New work by Los Alamos National Laboratory closes the gap with a simple parameter for climate models.

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Los Alamos National Laboratory

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