With their focus on greenhouse gases, atmospheric scientists have largely overlooked lowly soot particles. But black carbon is now a hot topic among researchers and politicians. Jeff Tollefson investigates.
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Tollefson, J. Atmospheric science: Climate's smoky spectre. Nature 460, 29–32 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/460029a
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