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News Release 13-067
Cutting Specific Atmospheric Pollutants Would Slow Sea Level Rise
Decreasing emissions of black carbon, methane and other pollutants makes a difference
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Black carbon, a short-lived pollutant (shown in purple), shrouds the globe.
Credit: NOAA
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The path to black carbon: where it comes from, where it goes.
Credit: NOAA
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Image showing thick haze and smoke along the Ganges Basin in northern India.
Credit: NASA
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Controlled burns release huge amounts of sooty black carbon into the atmosphere.
Credit: USCG
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Soot in exhaust spews out black carbon.
Credit: US EPA
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Black carbon enters the atmosphere, then returns to land and sea.
Credit: NOAA
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