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Published online 1 July 2009 | Nature 460, 29-32 (2009) | doi:10.1038/460029a
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Atmospheric science: Climate's smoky spectre
With their focus on greenhouse gases, atmospheric scientists have largely overlooked lowly soot particles. But black carbon is now a hot topic among researchers and politicians. Jeff Tollefson investigates.
Steve Warren spent his spring break island-hopping with a couple of friends, but they didn't go to bask in the sun. Instead, his team from the University of Washington in Seattle toured the Canadian Arctic, digging pits in the snow and collecting hundreds of samples to take back to the lab.
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