Is black carbon a climate change quick-fix?


U. ILLINOIS (US)—One immediate way to reduce the current levels of global warming—and avert rapid climate change—researchers say, would be to focus on pollutants with short atmospheric lifetimes, like soot, also known as black carbon. Continue…

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Cell phone designers should think trash

U. ILLINOIS (US)—Out of the millions of cell phones retired each year only a small fraction—less than 5 percent—are recovered, which means that most end up in a landfill. (more…)

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