Soot transported from elsewhere in world contributes little to melting of some Antarctic glaciers

Soot transported from elsewhere in world contributes little to melting of some Antarctic glaciers

Airborne soot produced by wildfires and fossil-fuel combustion and transported to the remote McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica contains levels of black carbon too low to contribute significantly to the melting of local glaciers, according to a new study by researchers supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Strong winds in the Dry Valleys, however, can temporarily cause large spikes in the amount of locally produced black carbon, which is distributed through the ...

More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=244808&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click

This is an NSF News item.

Published March 16, 2018 at 04:00PM
Read more at nsf.gov

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