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Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

Direct Environmental Effects Did you know that black carbon is the second most important warming agent in our atmosphere behind carbon dioxide (CO 2 )? This is because of black carbon’s enhanced ability to absorb visible light; it actually absorbs nearly a million times more energy per unit mass than CO 2. Arctic Council.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.