Cut Soot to Stave Off Sea Level Rise

Cut Soot to Stave Off Sea Level Rise

Author: Scientific American April 14, 2013 Duration: 2:45
Reducing certain kinds of air pollution could limit the rise of ocean waters and buy time to address CO2 emissions. David Biello reports

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