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August 06, 2014

Scientists uncover combustion mechanism to better predict warming by wildfires
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Aug 06, 2014
Scientists have uncovered key attributes of so-called "brown carbon" from wildfires, airborne atmospheric particles that may have influenced current climate models that failed to take the material's warming effects into account. The work was described by a collaborative team of researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Montana in the journal Nature Geosciences this week. "Biomass burning and wildfires emit fine particulates that are toxic to ... read more

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