Observations Suggest Smaller Warming Effects of Brown Carbon Than Published Model Assessments (IMAGE)

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Observations Suggest Smaller Warming Effects of Brown Carbon Than Published Model Assessments

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Los Alamos research reveals that wildfire smoke plumes contribute less to warming temperatures than previously thought.

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