In some circumstances, black carbon emissions can actually have a cooling effect, in part by leading to thicker cloud cover, for example. But the bottom line is that while there are plenty of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the philosophy and ethics of science and technology. Black carbon is the small black sooty particulates from ...

Credit: A6U571N/flickr. This isn’t the first hint that black carbon might have an outsize effect on climate. Research published in 2008, for example, concluded that black carbon’s global ...

Chiu explains that black carbon, which is ubiquitous in soils and sediments, is derived from both human activities and natural processes -- for example, it can result from incomplete combustion of ...

Black carbon particles are small air pollutants ... They can also come from manufacturing processes and burning fossil fuels. "A good example would be a construction vehicle or a large truck ...

is a prime example. Here, we estimate the amount of black carbon generated by the burning of the Atlantic forest, using historical records of land cover, satellite data and black carbon conversion ...

IWC has announced it plans to only produce 100 examples of the watch, each of which will set you back $17,500 a piece, according to Maxim. The “Black Carbon” edition is now available ...