Citation
(2011), "India to study impact of carbon aerosols on public health", International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Vol. 3 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm.2011.41403aab.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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India to study impact of carbon aerosols on public health
Article Type: News From: International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Volume 3, Issue 1
At a time when carbon aerosols including black carbon caused by incomplete combustion are being linked to global warming, an integrated national research programme will study its impact on public health, rainfall patterns and glacial health in the country.
“While various institutes in the country have been working on aerosols, including black carbon for some time now, India needs to assume a major leadership role in aerosol science”, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said. He pointed out that research on the impact of aerosols on three areas is critical: public health, rainfall patterns and glacial health.
Residues of combusted wood and dung, coal in cooking and heating stoves, the burning of coal and petroleum products in industrial and transportation sectors are leading sources of black carbon containing nitrates, sulfates, carbon and other matter. Experts have claimed to have identified black carbon as the second or third largest contributor to the current anthropogenic global warming by absorbing thermal infrared radiation from the ground and within clouds.