Soot is a Major Factor in Global Warming

Soot from burning wood and fossil fuels not only harms the health of humans, it is harming our planet as well.

Soot, also called black carbon, is a major factor in global warming, concludes Stanford’s Mark Z. Jacobson, leader of the university’s Atmosphere and Energy program and a professor of civil and environmental engineering. See his recent report in the Journal of Geophysical Research here, or read David Perlman’s San Francisco Chronicle story about Jacobson’s finding’s here.