Billions upon billions of soot particles enter Earth's atmosphere each second, totaling about 5.8 million metric tons a year—posing a climate-warming impact previously estimated at almost one-third ...

A massive simulation of soot's climate effects finds that basic pollution controls could put a brake on global warming, erasing in a decade most of the last century's temperature change. Compared to ...

Due to the fact that 100% efficiency cannot be achieved by any engine, products other than water and carbon dioxide will be formed during combustion, such as soot, which is formed as a result of ...

The longstanding mystery of soot formation, which combustion scientists have been trying to explain for decades, appears to be finally solved, thanks to new research. The longstanding mystery of soot ...

The exhaust from diesel-fueled vehicles, wood fires and coal-driven power stations contains small particles of soot that flow out into the atmosphere. The soot is a scourge for the climate but also ...

NASA scientists say soot, mostly from diesel engines, is causing as much as a quarter of all observed global warming by reducing the ability of snow and ice to reflect sunlight. Their findings on how ...

EPA is tightening a key air pollution standard for the first time in more than a decade, overturning a Trump-era decision to leave soot regulations unchanged. Direct and indirect sources of airborne ...

Last week, the EPA finalized stronger air quality standards for the US, by setting a new limit on soot. That will have big impacts in the Northeast and the Adirondacks. Soot is the common name for air ...

Q: We have a modified two-story home. The carpet in the upstairs bedrooms has a dark 1-inch stain on the edge above our garage. Our carpet is 18 years old, and we will probably replace it in the next ...

The result of a 4-year, 232-page climate assessment is in. Dirty burning, it turns out, is the second most important man-made contributor to global warming, behind carbon dioxide. In fact, soot ...

A new study on the role atmospheric soot particles may play in global warming suggests a new near-term control strategy, introduces a new element of uncertainty in climate models, and shifts more ...