Illustration Showing the Globe Surrounded by a Purple Shroud (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Illustration Showing the Globe Surrounded by a Purple Shroud

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This is black carbon, a short-lived pollutant (shown in purple), shrouding the globe.

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NOAA

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