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Black carbon concentration
March 4 , 2020
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- Black carbon concentrations near the Gangotri glacier rose 400 times in summer due to forest fires and stubble burning from agricultural waste.
- This result was given after a study by scientists at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG).
- India is the second largest emitter of black carbon in the world.
- Its emissions are expected to increase dramatically in the coming decades, says the ‘Atmospheric Research’ journal.
- It also says that the Indo Gangetic plains is to be the largest contributor of this.
Black carbon
- Black carbon results from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass.
- It is said to be the second largest contributor to climate change after CO2.
