Reducing black carbon emissions is key to preserving glaciers and their life-supporting benefits, writes Pema Gyamtsho, head of ICIMOD.

Reducing black carbon emissions is key to preserving glaciers and their life-supporting benefits, writes Pema Gyamtsho, head of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).

While CO2 gets the spotlight, black carbon's potent, short-lived warming effect is pushing Asia's glaciers past the tipping point A dark, barely visible powder is hastening the melt of glaciers ...

A dark, barely visible powder is hastening the melt of glaciers from the Himalayas to the Arctic. Black carbon, a “super pollutant” whose warming power far exceeds that of carbon dioxide ...

Comprehensive abatement strategies will be needed to limit global warming. A drastic reduction of black-carbon emissions could provide near-immediate relief with important co-benefits. Light ...

Switching from diesel to electric trains dramatically improved the air quality aboard the San Francisco Bay Area's Caltrain commuter rail line, reducing riders' exposure to the carcinogen black carbon ...

Bageshwar: A peacock was seen perched atop a pine tree at an altitude of nearly 7,000 feet in Khrkuguler village in Bageshwar ...

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Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have revealed high levels of mercury exposure in Arctic seabirds.