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black carbon

wildfire illustration

An obscure emission from wildfire—black carbon—is accelerating snowmelt

By Matt Simon | Climate Change

artist's rendition of Earth on fire as seen from space

Best path to net zero: Cut short-lived super-pollutants

By Mario Molina, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Durwood J. Zaelke | Climate Change