Black carbon emissions have been underestimated in the 'global south'

Black carbon, the sooty byproduct of incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, has emerged as a major contributor to climate change and human health impacts. Researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have used a variety of models to take on the challenging task of measuring ambient concentrations of black carbon in the "global south" and found that estimates of these harmful emissions have been grossly underestimated.