[Stoves] FW: Particles from Wood Burning

[Dean Still]

Hello STOVES,

 

Check out the following report on particulate matter.

 

Clouds of pollution over the Indian Ocean appear to cause as much warming as
greenhouse gases released by human activity, a study has suggested. 

US researchers used unmanned aircraft to measure the effects of the "brown
clouds" on the surrounding area. 

Writing in Nature, they said the tiny particles increased the solar heating
of the lower atmosphere by about 50%. 

The warming could be enough to explain the retreat of glaciers in the
Himalayas, the scientists proposed. 

The clouds contain a mixture of light absorbing aerosols and light
scattering aerosols, which cause the atmosphere to warm and the surface of
the Earth to cool. 

The main sources of the pollutants came from wood burning and fossil fuels,
the team added. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6926597.stm

 

 Best,

 

Dean