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The century-old secret of how airplane tires survive the full force of landing, and the answer will surprise youFor nearly a century, the exact mechanism behind carbon black's strengthening of rubber remained a mystery. New research utilizing supercom...- What makes tires so tough has been a mystery for 100 years, scientists just found the surprising answerResearchers at the University of South Florida have uncovered the mechanism that makes reinforced rubber exceptionally strong, solving a sc...
- The mysterious black dust speeding up Arctic ice melt: What’s behind it?Arctic faces a new threat. Soot from Canada's massive wildfires darkens ice and snow. This speeds up melting. The albedo effect worsens war...
- Key EV battery material can come from a surprising source: MethaneChina leads in graphite production but US seeks growth. Biden administration prioritizes boosting domestic production.
- Black carbon deposits are accelerating glaciers and snow melt in Himalayan ranges says World BankIt is generated by human activity both inside and outside South Asia. It is part of a larger basket of aerosols that impact climate change ...
- High levels of black carbon & Ozone due to forest fires turn Uttarakhand’s air lethalBy Friday, black carbon levels had gone from about 1,000-2,000 microgram per cubic metre last month, before the fires started, to 10,000-12...
- Nasa images show an India dotted with firesSome of these dots may be forest fires but Hiren Jethva, research scientist at Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center, says fires in central Indi...
- City bus travellers inhale less soot than those in cars: StudyIt's not only being out on the roads that exposes you to respirable pollution particles.Your home, especially the kitchen, could be envelop...
- Pollution in northern India affecting West BengalScientists have found out that polluted air generated in industries in northern India travel over 2000 km to reach the hills of Darjeeling.
- $1 stove insert may help save thousands of livesAn Indian-origin scientist in US has created a $1 metal insert for traditional cookstoves or 'chulhas' which may help save thousands of liv...
- Hate the odd-even car plan? Here's a tower to make India pollution-freeA tower created by a Dutch designer, that cleans air and uses the carbon to make diamonds, could make its way to Mumbai or Delhi soon.
- Kashmir has three times more soot than neighbouring statesParticulate matter in 40 places across Kashmir has revealed that the atmosphere here has two to three times more black soot than its neighb...
- Burning of cow dung cakes banned near Taj MahalThe Agra district administration is also planning to ban use of coal by small industrial units making bangles and famous local sweet - 'pet...
- Black carbon in air a worry, say scientistsThe amount of black carbon or soot, a potential cancer-causing substance, has been gradually increasing over Pune city since 2005, shows a ...
- World Bank releases new report on climate change, global warmingReductions of these so-called short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) would slow rapid melting in mountain regions with glaciers, like the H...
- SootSwap: An app that enables remote verification of stove usageSwitching to clean-burning cook stoves can reduce the amount of firewood used in open fires, as well as the amount of smoke indoors and out...
- TERI develops new cookstove to reduce carbon footprintA relese made by TERI mentions approximately three billion people depend on traditional cook stoves for their cooking needs.
- India launches black carbon initiativeBlack carbon is a form of particulate air pollution, produced from incomplete combustion from biomass burning, cooking with solid fuels, an...
- Black carbon can't be linked to global warming: PachauriBlack carbon in the atmosphere is an issue of concern but it can't be linked to melting of glaciers or global warming, leading climate expe...
- Black carbon contributes more in global warmingBlack carbon, emitted from biomass burning, diesel engine exhaust and cooking fires, widely used in India & China, has a warming effect in ...
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